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The roles of island area per se and habitat diversity in the species–area relationships of four Lesser Antillean faunal groups

  1. Robert E. Ricklefs1,3,
  2. Irby J. Lovette2,3

Article first published online: 25 DEC 2001

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1999.00358.x

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Journal of Animal Ecology

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volume 68, Issue 6, pages 1142–1160, November 1999

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Ricklefs, R. E. and Lovette, I. J. (1999), The roles of island area per se and habitat diversity in the species–area relationships of four Lesser Antillean faunal groups. Journal of Animal Ecology, 68: 1142–1160. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1999.00358.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 8001 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, MO 63121–4499, USA;

  2. 2

    Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104–6018, USA; and

  3. 3

    Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO AA 34002–0948, and Apartado 2072, Balboa, Republic of Panama

* Dr R.E. Ricklefs, Department of Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 8001 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, MO 63121–4499, USA (E-mail: ricklefs@jinx.umsl.edu)

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  2. Article first published online: 25 DEC 2001
  3. Received 2 June 1998; revision received 2 February 1999

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