The species-area relationship, self-similarity, and the true meaning of the z-value

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3528-3533

  Tjørve, Even ^a   Tjørve, Kathleen M Calf ^a  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Power law; Self similarity; Single large or several small reserves; SLOSS; Species overlap; Species area relationship; Z value

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; NEW SPECIES; NICHE OVERLAP; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MATHEMATICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 60249096881     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1685.1     Document Type: Article

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