Environmental correlates of mammal species richness in South America: Effects of spatial structure, taxonomy and geographic range

Ecography

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 401-417

  Ruggiero, Adriana ^a   Kitzberger, Thomas ^b  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SOUTH AMERICA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 3042583833     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2004.03801.x     Document Type: Article

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