Levels of endemism are not necessarily biased by the co-presence of species with different range sizes: A case study of Vilenkin and Chikatunov's models

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 994-1007

  Fattorini, Simone ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aegean Islands; Coleoptera Tenebrionidae; Conservation biology; Greece; Island biogeography; Levels of endemism; Species ranges; Species area relationships

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COEXISTENCE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDEMISM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; ISLAND; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

COLEOPTERA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 34447502424     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01678.x     Document Type: Article

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