Latitudinal gradients in species diversity and Rapoport's rule revisited: A review of recent work and what can parasites teach us about the causes of the gradients?

Ecography

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 593-613

  Rohde, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PARASITE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033493028     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1999.tb00509.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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