Use of the abundance spectrum and relative-abundance distributions to analyze assemblage change in massively altered landscapes

American Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 319-330

  Mac Nally, Ralph ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispersal limited multinomial; Habitat fragmentation; Nested subsets; Relative abundance distributions; Zero sum multinomial

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AVIFAUNA; DISPERSAL; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LOCAL EXTINCTION; NESTEDNESS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POPULATION DENSITY; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; TREES; VICTORIA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 34548156958     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519859     Document Type: Article

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