Rapoport effect and biomic specialization in African mammals: Revisiting the climatic variability hypothesis

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 903-918

  Fernández, Manuel Hernández ^a,b,c   Vrba, Elisabeth S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artiodactyla; Bioclimatology; Biogeography; Biome; Carnivora; Ecological pattern; Ecological specialization; Macroecology; Mammalia; Primates

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MAMMAL; RANGE SIZE; RAPOPORT RULE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARTIODACTYLA; CARNIVORA; HYRACOIDEA; MAMMALIA; PERISSODACTYLA; PRIMATES; TUBULIDENTATA;

EID: 20044371616     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01188.x     Document Type: Article

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