Factors controlling the spatial species richness pattern of four groups of terrestrial vertebrates in an area between two different biogeographic regions in northern Spain

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 629-640

  Nogués Bravo, David ^a   Martínez Rica, Juan Pablo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Biodiversity patterns; Biogeographical change; Birds; Generalized additive models; Geographic information systems; Mammals; Partial regression analysis; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MAMMAL; REPTILE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NAVARRA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842714964     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.01041.x     Document Type: Article

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