Elevational patterns of frog species richness and endemic richness in the Hengduan Mountains, China: Geometric constraints, area and climate effects

Ecography

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 919-927

  Fu, Cuizhang ^a   Hua, Xia ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Chang, Zheng ^a   Pu, Zhichao ^a   Chen, Jiakuan ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE EFFECT; ELEVATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FROG; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HENGDUAN MOUNTAINS;

ANURA;

EID: 33846454013     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0906-7590.04802.x     Document Type: Article

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