On the generality of the latitudinal diversity gradient

American Naturalist

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 192-211

  Hillebrand, Helmut ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body mass; Habitat; Macroecology; Species richness; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BODY MASS; LATITUDE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BODY CONSTITUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; META ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BODY CONSTITUTION; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1542438057     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381004     Document Type: Article

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