Rapoport's rule: An explanation or a byproduct of the latitudinal gradient in species richness?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1447-1455

  Kolasa, Jurek ^a   Hewitt, Chad L ^b   Drake, James A ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental variability; Geographical range; Latitudinal gradient; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; RAPOPORT RULE;

EID: 0032466351     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008805230673     Document Type: Article

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