Geographical ecology at the community level: Perspectives on the diversity of new world bats

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 545-560

  Stevens, Richard D ^a   Willig, Michael R ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Community structure; Geographical ecology; Latitudinal gradient; Macroecology; New World bats; Rarity; Scale dependence; Species diversity; Species evenness; Species richness; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

BAT; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERSITY INDEX; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0036160303     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[0545:GEATCL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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