Species richness, latitude, and scale-sensitivity

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-58

  Kathleen Lyons, S ^a,b   Willig, Michael R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Areography; Bats; Biodiversity; Geographical ecology; Latitudinal gradients; Macroecology; Marsupials; North America; Rapoport's rule; Scale sensitivity; South America

Indexed keywords

BAT; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MACROECOLOGY; MARSUPIAL; RAPOPORT RULE; SCALE EFFECT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SOUTH AMERICA;

METATHERIA;

EID: 0036144897     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[0047:srlass]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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