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Ecology’s most general, yet protean pattern: the species-area relationship†

  1. Mark V. Lomolino

Article first published online: 24 DEC 2001

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00377.x

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Journal of Biogeography

Journal of Biogeography

Volume 27, Issue 1, pages 17–26, January 2000

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Lomolino, M. V. (2000), Ecology’s most general, yet protean pattern: the species-area relationship. Journal of Biogeography, 27: 17–26. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00377.x

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  1. Oklahoma Biological Survey, Oklahoma Natural Heritage Inventory and Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, U.S.A. 73019 Email: island@ou.edu

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     The term ‘protean’ refers to Proteus, the Greek Sea God who attended Poseidon and could change his own form at will.

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