Body size determines the strength of the latitudinal diversity gradient

Ecography

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 251-256

  Hillebrand, Helmut ^a   Azovsky, Andrey I ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERGMANN RULE; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; PROTOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034946147     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2001.tb00197.x     Document Type: Article

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