Global patterns in endemism explained by past climatic change

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1515, 2003, Pages 583-590

  Jansson, Roland ^a,b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Extinction; Geographical range size; Macroecology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENDEMISM; EXTINCTION; MACROECOLOGY; RAPOPORT RULE; TEMPERATURE;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE POOL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LATITUDE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TIME; VASCULAR PLANT; WARMING;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0037460855     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2283     Document Type: Article

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