Elevational gradients in ant species richness: Area, geometry, and Rapoport's rule

Ecography

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-32

  Sanders, Nathan J ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOMETRY; RAPOPORT RULE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0036488414     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0587.2002.250104.x     Document Type: Article

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