Rapoport effect in south american carnivora (mammalia): Null models under geometric and phylogenetic constraints;Efeito Rapoport em Carnivora sul-americanos: Modelos nulos sob restrições geométricas e filogenéticas

Brazilian Journal of Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 437-444

  Diniz Filho, J A F ^a   Torres N M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carnivora; Geographic range size; Latitudinal extent; Null models; Rapoport effect

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARNIVORA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0036706778     PISSN: 15196984     EISSN: 16784375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-69842002000300006     Document Type: Article

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