Causes of the Species-Area Relation: A Study of Islands in Lake Manapouri, New Zealand
Journal of EcologyPublished 1 December 1989
Brett Kelly, J. Bastow Wilson, A. F. Mark
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In an attempt to test the Equilibrium hypothesis, twenty-three islands in Lake Manapouri, new Zealand were sampled for richness of vascular plant species.
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The species-area relation consistently found among islands has given rise to the Random Placement hypothesis, the Habitat Diversity hypothesis and the Equilibrium hypothesis. In an attempt to test the Equilibrium hypothesis, twenty-three islands in Lake Manapouri, new Zealand were sampled for richness of vascular plant species
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