Local-regional relationships and the geographical distribution of species

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-21

  Arita, Héctor T ^a   Rodríquez, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Geographical range; Local regional relationship; Macroecology; Mammals; North America; Scales; Species diversity; Species saturation

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MACROECOLOGY; MAMMAL; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; BIODIVERSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REGIONAL PATTERN;

NORTH AMERICA; ALASKA; CANADA; CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 1942499486     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-882X.2004.00067.x     Document Type: Article

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