Evidence for a time-integrated species-area effect on the latitudinal gradient in tree diversity

American Naturalist

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 796-804

  Fine, Paul V A ^a   Ree, Richard H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Geographic area; Tropical conservatism hypothesis; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

BIOME; EOCENE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; TREE;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 33750945794     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508635     Document Type: Article

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