Geometric constraints explain much of the species richness pattern in African birds

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 5661-5666

  Jetz, Walter ^a   Rahbek, Carsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIRD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOMETRY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035826706     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.091100998     Document Type: Article

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