Measurements of area and the (island) species-area relationship: New directions for an old pattern

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1555-1559

  Triantis, Kostas A ^a   Nogués Bravo, David ^b   Hortal, Joaquín ^c   Borges, Paulo A V ^d   Adsersen, Henning ^e   María Fernández Palacios, José ^f   Araújo, Miguel B ^b   Whittaker, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; ISLAND; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 52049091009     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2008.16808.x     Document Type: Article

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