Random processes and geographic species richness patterns: Why so few species in the north?

Ecography

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-49

  Bokma, Folmer ^a,b   Bokma, Jurjen ^c   Mönkkönen, Mikko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATITUDE; MAMMAL; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0035094063     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0587.2001.240106.x     Document Type: Article

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