Ranked species occupancy curves reveal common patterns among diverse metacommunities

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 486-497

  Jenkins, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Disturbance; Macroecology; Metacommunity; Occupancy; Presence; Regional community; Succession

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL THEORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MACROECOLOGY; META-ANALYSIS; NICHE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 79953781801     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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