Understanding the role of species dynamics in abundance-occupancy relationships

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 645-658

  Buckley, Hannah L ^a   Freckleton, Robert P ^b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Macroecology; Occupancy; Population dynamics; Temporal trends; Traits; Tussock grasslands

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLONAL ORGANISM; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DATA SET; HABITAT TYPE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MACROECOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND; VASCULAR PLANT;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77952926526     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01650.x     Document Type: Article

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