Ecological specialization and population size in a biodiversity hotspot: How rare species avoid extinction

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 19737-19741

  Williams, S E ^a   Williams, Y M ^a   VanDerWal, J ^a   Isaac, J L ^a   Shoo, L P ^a   Johnson, C N ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance; Range size; Rarity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; PHYLOGENY; TREES; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 73949143398     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0901640106     Document Type: Article

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