Extending the study of range-abundance relations to tropical insects: Sphingid moths in Southeast Asia

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 677-690

  Beck, Jan ^a,c   Kitching, Ian J ^b   Linsenmair, K Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Density; Distribution; Macroecology; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 33646733084     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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