Reconsidering null models of diversity: Do geometric constraints on species ranges necessarily cause a mid-domain effect?

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 467-474

  Sandel, Brody S ^a   McKone, Mark J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometric constraints; Mid domain effects; Null models; Range size frequency distribution; Species richness gradients

Indexed keywords

DOMAIN STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 33745699215     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2006.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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