Does body size predict dates of species description among North American and Australian reptiles and amphibians?

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-47

  Reed, Robert N ^a,b   Boback, Scott M ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Australia; Body size; Date of description; Macroecology; North America; Randomization; Reptiles; Species richness estimates

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BODY SIZE; REPTILE; TAXONOMY; MACROECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA; NORTH AMERICA; AUSTRALASIA;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; ANURA; CAUDATA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 0036187029     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822X.2002.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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