Species-area relationship: Separating the effects of species abundance and spatial distribution

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1141-1151

  Tjørve, Even ^a   Kunin, William E ^b   Polce, Chiara ^b   Calf Tjørve, Kathleen M ^a  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Occupancy; Random distribution; Random placement model; Spatial distribution; Spatial pattern; Species abundance; Species area relationship; Species diversity; Z value

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 54049154405     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01433.x     Document Type: Article

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