The Statistics and Biology of the Species-Area Relationship

Previous articleNext article No AccessThe Statistics and Biology of the Species-Area RelationshipEdward F. Connor, and Earl D. McCoyEdward F. Connor Search for more articles by this author , and Earl D. McCoy Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The American Naturalist Volume 113, Number 6Jun., 1979 Published for The American Society of Naturalists Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/283438 Views: 749Total views on this site Citations: 1369Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1979 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Hamed Gholizadeh, Adam P. Dixon, Kimberly H. Pan, Nicholas A. McMillan, Robert G. Hamilton, Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, John A. 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