The small-island effect: Fact or artefact?

Ecography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 269-276

  Burns, Kevin C ^a   Paul Mchardy, R ^a   Pledger, Shirley ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA INTERPRETATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

AUSTRALASIA; CANADA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 66149166231     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2008.05565.x     Document Type: Article

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