PERSPECTIVE A biogeographical perspective on species abundance distributions: recent advances and opportunities for future research

نویسندگان

  • Thomas J. Matthews
  • Paulo A.V. Borges
  • Eduardo Brito de Azevedo
  • Robert J. Whittaker
چکیده

GEES (School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences), The University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK, CE3C – Centre for Ecology Evolution and Environmental Changes/Azorean Biodiversity Group and Universidade dos Ac ores – Departamento de Cîencias e Engenharia do Ambiente, 9700-042 Angra do Hero ısmo, Ac ores, Portugal, Dep. de Cîencias Agr arias, CMMG (Centro de Estudos do Clima Meteorologia e Mudanc as Globais) CITA-A, Universidade dos Ac ores, 9700-042 Angra do Hero ısmo, Portugal, Conservation Biogeography and Macroecology Programme, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK, Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

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تاریخ انتشار 2017