Harvestman (Arachnida: Opiliones) species distribution along three Neotropical elevational gradients: An alternative rescue effect to explain Rapoport's rule?

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 361-375

  Almeida Neto, Mário ^a   Machado, Glauco ^a   Pinto da Rocha, Ricardo ^b   Giaretta, Ariovaldo A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Arthropoda; Brazilian Atlantic Forest; Gonyleptidae; Leaf litter; Mid domain effect; Mountain ecology; Sclerosomatidae; source sink populations; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARACHNID; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; GONYLEPTIDAE; OPILIONES; SCLEROSOMATIDAE;

EID: 33645229096     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01389.x     Document Type: Article

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