Island biogeographers have predicted that in oceanic systems, oblong islands oriented perpendicular to the dispersal paths of organisms should intercept more species and individuals than (1) circular islands of the same size, and (2) oblong islands of equal area oriented parallel to the direction of
Effects of patch shape on the number of organisms
โ Scribed by Toshihide Hamazaki
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 722 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0921-2973
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