The missing Madagascan mid-domain effect

Ecology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-159

  Kerr, Jeremy T ^a   Perring, Michael ^b   Currie, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geographical ecology; Mid domain effect; Null models; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; MADAGASCAR; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; MADAGASCAR; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33644961602     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00860.x     Document Type: Article

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