Robust methods for detecting a small island effect

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 256-266

  Dengler, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aegean islands; Island biogeography; Model complexity; Non linear regression; Oniscidea; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; ISOPOD; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; GREECE;

ISOPODA; ONISCIDEA;

EID: 77950158486     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00646.x     Document Type: Article

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