The relative importance of evolutionary and environmental controls on broad-scale patterns of species richness in North America

Ecoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 329-337

  Kerr, Jeremy T ^a,c   Currie, David J ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity; Environment; Evolution; Evolutionary advancement; History; North America; Phylogeny; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANHINGIDAE; CATOSTOMIDAE; CICINDELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PERCIDAE;

EID: 0033492349     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1999.11682546     Document Type: Article

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