A null model for species richness gradients: Bounded range overlap of butterflies and other rainforest endemics in Madagascar

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 529-584

  Lees, David C ^a   Kremen, Claire ^b   Andriamampianina, Lanto ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Geometric range boundary constraints; Hotspot; Humped or parabolic diversity curve; Indicator group; Latitudinal and elevational gradients; Macroecology; Quantitative biogeography; Range size frequency distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BUTTERFLY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MADAGASCAR;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; AVES; CHAMAELEONIDAE; CICINDELIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEMURIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MYCALESINA; PAPILIONOIDEA; RODENTIA; STREPSIRHINI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032776681     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1999.0318     Document Type: Article

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