Determinants of regional species richness: An empirical analysis of the number of hawkmoth species (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) on the Malesian archipelago

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 694-706

  Beck, Jan ^a,c   Kitching, Ian J ^b   Eduard Linsenmair, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Distribution; General linear model; Geographic information system; Island biogeography; Life history; Range size; Southeast Asia; Species area relationship; Sphingids

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; MOTH; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

LEPIDOPTERA; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 33645300377     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01418.x     Document Type: Article

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