A renaissance in the study of abundance

Science

Volumn 314, Issue 5800, 2006, Pages 770-772

  McGill, Brian J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

BIRD; CALCULATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSICS; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENTROPY; ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENTROPY; ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 33750683370     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1134920     Document Type: Review

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