Common ecology

BioScience

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 354-362

  Gaston, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abundance; common; conservation; ecosystems; geographic range

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956084559     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2011.61.5.4     Document Type: Article

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