Hemispheric asymmetries in biodiversity - A serious matter for ecology

PLoS Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Chown, Steven L ^a   Sinclair, Brent J ^a   Leinaas, Hans P ^b   Gaston, Kevin J ^c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; COLD; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSECT; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE;

SPHENISCIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; COLD; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 14044257792     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020406     Document Type: Review

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