The applicability of Rapoport's rule to the marine molluscs of the Americas

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1909-1916

  Fortes, R R ^a,b   Absalao R S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE PRESIDENTE ANTÔNIO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

America; Biogeography; Macroecology; Marine; Mollusca; Rapoport's rule

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DEPTH; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; LATITUDE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; RAPOPORT RULE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); WORLD;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 10344254315     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01117.x     Document Type: Article

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