Latitudinal Gradients of Biodiversity: Pattern, Process, Scale, and Synthesis

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 34, Issue , 2003, Pages 273-309

  Willig, M R ^a   Kaufman, D M ^b,c   Stevens, R D ^a,b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Geographic ecology; Macroecology; Species diversity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MACROECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0347473523     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.34.012103.144032     Document Type: Review

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