Not as the crow flies: Assessing effective isolation for island biogeographical analysis

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1040-1048

  Diver, Kim C ^a,b  

^a Box M   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Effective isolation; Georgian Bay; Great Lakes; Island biogeography; Landscape ecology; Species richness; Species area relationships; Species isolation relationships; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; GIS; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; ISOLATED POPULATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; VASCULAR PLANT;

CANADA; GEORGIAN BAY; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; MASSASAUGA PROVINCIAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

SISTRURUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 43449096642     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01835.x     Document Type: Article

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