Species turnover on elevational gradients in small rodents

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 539-547

  Mena, José Luis ^a,b,c   Vázquez Domínguez, Ella ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b Universidad Nacional Agraria la Molina ^*  (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AGRARIA LA MOLINA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Assemblages; Beta diversity; Elevational extent; Mid domain models; Rodents; Small mammals; Species turnover.

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TURNOVER;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 28244475936     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2005.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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