A comprehensive framework for global patterns in biodiversity

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-15

  Ricklefs, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Community; Competition; Diversity; Extinction; Habitat breadth; Local processes; Regional processes; Speciation; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EXTINCTION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

EID: 0742267687     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00554.x     Document Type: Review

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