The geographic ranges of mammalian species in South America: Spatial patterns in environmental resistance and anisotropy

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1093-1103

  Ruggiero, Adriana ^a   Lawton, John H ^b   Blackburn, Tim M ^b  

^a Ctro Reg Univ Bariloche UNC U P Univ Nac Comahue SC B   (Argentina)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geographical range; Latitude; Mammals; Rapoport effect; South America; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINT; MAMMAL; RAPOPORT RULE;

SOUTH AMERICA;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032448192     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1998.00253.x     Document Type: Article

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