Evaluation of species-area functions using Sonoran Desert plant data: Not all species-area curves are power functions

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1930-1940

  Stiles, Arthur ^a   M Scheiner, Samuel ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METROPOLITAN AREA; PATCHINESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; WOODY PLANT;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; PHOENIX; SONORAN DESERT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35248852418     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.15703.x     Document Type: Article

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