Why is habitat breadth correlated strongly with range size? Trends amongst the alien and native floras of Mediterranean islands

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1095-1105

  Lambdon, Philip W ^a,b,c  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance occupancy relationships; Analytical bias; Biological invasions; Habitat preference; Island ecology; Mediterranean flora; Niche breadth; Spatial scale effects

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FLORA; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HABITAT; HABITAT SELECTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; NATIVE SPECIES; NICHE BREADTH; RANGE SIZE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 43449133588     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01894.x     Document Type: Article

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