Range limits and geographic patterns of abundance of the rocky intertidal owl limpet, Lottia gigantea

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2286-2298

  Fenberg, Phillip B ^a   Rivadeneira, Marcelo M ^b,c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Abundant centre hypothesis; Habitat availability; Lottia gigantea; Macroecology; Museum collections; Pacific Ocean; Patellogastropoda; Range dynamics; Range limits; Size selective harvesting

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; JUVENILE; LATITUDE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE EXPANSION; RAPTOR; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; UNITED STATES;

DOCOGLOSSA; LOTTIA GIGANTEA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 81255157940     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02572.x     Document Type: Article

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