Elevational gradients of diversity for lizards and snakes in the Hengduan Mountains, China

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 707-726

  Fu, Cuizhang ^a   Wang, Jingxian ^a   Pu, Zhichao ^a   Zhang, Shenli ^a   Chen, Huili ^a   Zhao, Bing ^a   Chen, Jiakuan ^a   Wu, Jihua ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climate; Elevation; Elevational gradient; Hengduan Mountains; Herpetological fauna; Lizard; Reptile; Snake; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE EFFECT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LIZARD; SNAKE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; WATER AVAILABILITY;

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

REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33847660990     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-4382-4     Document Type: Article

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