Thermal tolerance and geographical range size in the Agabus brunneus group of European diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 295-305

  Calosi, P ^a   Bilton, D T ^a   Spicer, J I ^a   Atfield, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brown's hypothesis; Climate change; Diving beetle; Endemic; Environmental variability hypothesis; Geographical range; Latitude; Rarity; Thermal tolerance; Widespread species

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BEETLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOME RANGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; RANGE SIZE; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

AGABUS BRUNNEUS; COLEOPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYGROBIIDAE;

EID: 38149142282     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01787.x     Document Type: Article

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