Are there latitudinal gradients in species turnover?

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 483-498

  Koleff, Patricia ^a   Lennon, Jack J ^b   Gaston, Kevin J ^c  

^a ComnNaclConocimiento/Uso Biodiver ^*  (Mexico)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Birds; Diversity modelling; Latitude; Macroecology; New World; Owls; Species turnover; Strigidae; Tytonidae

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY INDEX; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MACROECOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TURNOVER; BIRD; LATITUDE; NEW WORLD ORDER; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AVES; STRIGIDAE; STRIGIFORMES; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 0242626720     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822X.2003.00056.x     Document Type: Article

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