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Equity And Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Net (Schedule Of Dividends/Distributions) (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Installment 1 FY2015  
Dividends Payable [Line Items]  
Date dividend/distribution declared Feb. 25, 2015
Dividend/Distribution payment date Mar. 31, 2015
Series E Preferred Units  
Dividends Payable [Line Items]  
Preferred stock dividend per share amount 1.75us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendRatePerDollarAmount
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Series E Preferred Units | Installment 1 FY2015  
Dividends Payable [Line Items]  
Dividends/Distributions, preferred stock 5,031,000us-gaap_DividendsPreferredStockCash
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Series F Preferred Units  
Dividends Payable [Line Items]  
Preferred stock dividend per share amount 1.65625us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendRatePerDollarAmount
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Series F Preferred Units | Installment 1 FY2015  
Dividends Payable [Line Items]  
Dividends/Distributions, preferred stock 3,023,000us-gaap_DividendsPreferredStockCash
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Series G Preferred Units  
Dividends Payable [Line Items]  
Preferred stock dividend per share amount 1.46875us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendRatePerDollarAmount
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Series G Preferred Units | Installment 1 FY2015  
Dividends Payable [Line Items]  
Dividends/Distributions, preferred stock 3,672,000us-gaap_DividendsPreferredStockCash
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Series H Preferred Units  
Dividends Payable [Line Items]  
Preferred stock dividend per share amount 1.84375us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendRatePerDollarAmount
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Series H Preferred Units | Installment 1 FY2015  
Dividends Payable [Line Items]  
Dividends/Distributions, preferred stock 6,730,000us-gaap_DividendsPreferredStockCash
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Common Stock  
Dividends Payable [Line Items]  
Common stock dividend per share amount 3.4dlr_CommonStockDividendRatePerDollarAmount
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Common Stock | Installment 1 FY2015  
Dividends Payable [Line Items]  
Dividends/Distributions, common units 115,419,000us-gaap_DividendsCommonStockCash
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