Variations on a theme: Sources of heterogeneity in the form of the interspecific relationship between abundance and distribution

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1426-1439

  Blackburn, Tim M ^a   Cassey, Phillip ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density; Geographical range size; Macroecology; Meta analysis; Occupancy

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HETEROGENEITY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33749681124     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01167.x     Document Type: Article

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