Variation in species losses from islands: Artifacts, extirpation rates, or pre-fragmentation diversity?

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 176-185

  Gurd, D Brent ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extinction; Extirpation; Immigration; Land bridge islands; Macroecology; Mammals; Reserves; Speciation; Species diversity; Species area relationships

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; IMMIGRATION; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LAND BRIDGE; MACROECOLOGY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; MIGRATION; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ARTIFACTS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORTH AMERICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33645107629     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-0384     Document Type: Article

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