The imprint of the geographical, evolutionary and ecological context on species-area relationships

Ecology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 215-227

  Drakare, Stina ^a,b   Lennon, Jack J ^c   Hillebrand, Helmut ^b,d  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body size; Latitudinal gradients; Meta analysis; Power law; Spatial scale; Species area curve

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EXTINCTION RISK; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; META-ANALYSIS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 33644935692     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00848.x     Document Type: Review

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