Strength, slope and variability of marine latitudinal gradients

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 273, Issue , 2004, Pages 251-267

  Hillebrand, Helmut ^a,b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Diversity; Evolution; Habitat type; Latitude; Macroecology; Meta analyses

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HABITAT TYPE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MACROECOLOGY; META-ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 3042722162     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps273251     Document Type: Article

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