Testing a mechanistic explanation for the latitudinal gradient in mammalian species richness across North America

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 333-344

  Kilpatrick, A Marm ^a,c   Mitchell, William A ^a,d   Porter, Warren P ^a   Currie, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c The Consortium for Conservation Medicine   (United States)

^d INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy; Evolutionarily stable strategy; Mammal; Optimal foraging; Species diversity; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33645856185     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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