Why is there a tropical-temperate disparity in the genetic diversity and taxonomy of species?

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-77

  Chek, Andrew A ^a   Austin, James D ^b   Lougheed, Stephen C ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Biodiversity; Bootstrap; Genetic disparity; Latitudinal gradient; Nearctic; Neotropics; Phenotype; Species richness; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2542479404     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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