Habitat width along a latitudinal gradient

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 181-187

  Stauffer, D ^a   Schulze, C ^a   Rohde, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chowdhury ecosystem model; Fractal dimensions; Latitude niche breadth hypothesis; Latitudinal gradients; Rapoport's rule; Species diversity; Species area relationship; Vagility

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOOD WEB; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NICHE BREADTH; RAPOPORT RULE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 37749049375     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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