A test of Metabolic Theory as the mechanism underlying broad-scale species-richness gradients

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 170-178

  Algar, Adam C ^a   Kerr, Jeremy T ^a   Currie, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allometry; Climate; Diversity gradients; Ectotherms; Latitudinal gradients; Macroecology; Metabolic Theory; North America; Species richness; Temperature gradients

Indexed keywords

ECTOTHERMY; MACROECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AMPHIBIA; CICINDELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; MELOIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; REPTILIA;

EID: 33847213527     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2006.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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