Quaternary climate changes explain diversity among reptiles and amphibians

Ecography

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-15

  Araújo, Miguel B ^a,b   Nogués Bravo, David ^a,b   Diniz Filho, José Alexandre F ^c   Haywood, Alan M ^d,e   Valdes, Paul J ^f   Rahbek, Carsten ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; QUATERNARY; REPTILE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 39549096730     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0906-7590.05318.x     Document Type: Article

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