Taking species abundance distributions beyond individuals
dc.contributor.author | Morlon, Hélène | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | White, Ethan P. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Etienne, Rampal S. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Green, Jessica L. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Ostling, Annette | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Alonso, David | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Enquist, Brian J. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | He, Fangliang | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Hurlbert, Allen H. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Magurran, Anne E. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Maurer, Brian A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | McGill, Brian J. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Olff, Han | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Storch, David | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Zillio, Tommaso | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-06-01T20:37:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-06-01T20:37:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-06 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Morlon, HÉlÈne; White, Ethan P.; Etienne, Rampal S.; Green, Jessica L.; Ostling, Annette; Alonso, David; Enquist, Brian J.; He, Fangliang; Hurlbert, Allen; Magurran, Anne E.; Maurer, Brian A.; McGill, Brian J.; Olff, Han; Storch, David; Zillio, Tommaso (2009). "Taking species abundance distributions beyond individuals." Ecology Letters 12(6): 488-501. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/73736> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1461-023X | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1461-0248 | en_US |
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dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | en_US |
dc.rights | Journal compilation © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd/CNRS | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Species Abundance Distribution | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Body-size | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Size Distribution | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Size–Density Relationship | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Biomass | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Energy Use | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Size–Energy Relationship | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Resource Partitioning | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Macroecology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Metabolic Theory | en_US |
dc.title | Taking species abundance distributions beyond individuals | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Biology and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Community and Conservation Ecology Group, University of Groningen, Haren, Netherlands | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | The Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Center for Applied Biodiversity, Science Conservation International, Arlington, VA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Center for Theoretical Study, Charles University of Academy Sciences of the CR, Praha, Czech Republic | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 19490012 | en_US |
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dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01318.x | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Ecology Letters | en_US |
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