On the measurement of beta diversity: An analog of the species-area relationship for point sources

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 987-1006

  Smith, Krister T ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breeding bird survey; Distance; Fossil record; Macroecology; Paleoecology; Sample size; Similarity

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 57849091049     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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