'Latitude' and geographic patterns in species richness

Ecography

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 268-272

  Hawkins, Bradford A ^a   Diniz Filho, José Alexandre Felizola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LATITUDE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 10344250831     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2004.03883.x     Document Type: Review

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