Climatic zonation drives latitudinal variation in speciation mechanisms

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1628, 2007, Pages 2995-3003

  Kozak, Kenneth H ^a,b   Wiens, John J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Elevation; Latitude; Niche evolution; Speciation; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CLIMATE VARIATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; NICHE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; LATITUDE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICS; ZONATION;

MESOAMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 36549018162     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1106     Document Type: Article

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