RangeModel: Tools for exploring and assessing geometric constraints on species richness (the mid-domain effect) along transects

Ecography

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-7

  Colwell, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GEOMETRY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 39549113530     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2008.0906-7590.05347.x     Document Type: Article

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