Interspecific patterns of species richness, geographic range size, and body size among New World venomous snakes

Ecography

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-117

  Reed, Robert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; RANGE SIZE; SNAKE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANTHOZOA; ELAPIDAE; MICRURUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA; VIPERIDAE; VIPERINAE;

EID: 0037948864     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0587.2003.03388.x     Document Type: Article

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