Reverse latitudinal trends in species richness of pitcher-plant food webs

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 825-829

  Buckley, Hannah L ^a,d   Miller, Thomas E ^a   Ellison, Aaron M ^b   Gotelli, Nicholas J ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Carnivorous plants; Community; Inquilines; Sarracenia purpurea; Species diversity; Wyeomyia smithii

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LEAF; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SARRACENIA PURPUREA; SARRACENIACEAE; WYEOMYIA SMITHII;

EID: 0042285578     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00504.x     Document Type: Article

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