The impact of rare species on natural assemblages

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1131-1139

  Gray, John S ^a   Bjørgesæter, Anders ^a   Ugland, Karl I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Immigration processes; Log normal; Species abundance distributions; Two group model

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DATA SET; MARINE SEDIMENT; RARE SPECIES; RECRUITMENT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CENTRAL AMERICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GATUN LAKE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 32944473544     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.01011.x     Document Type: Article

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