The ubiquity of small species: Patterns of local and global diversity

BioScience

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 777-784

  Fenchel, Tom ^a   Finlay, Bland J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Meiofauna; Microorganisms; Protists; Unified neutral community model

Indexed keywords

PROTISTA;

EID: 4043087606     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2004)054[0777:TUOSSP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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