The mid-domain effect: Geometric constraints on the geography of species richness

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 70-76

  Colwell, Robert K ^a   Lees, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; REVIEW; SPECIES; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 0034144295     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(99)01767-X     Document Type: Note

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