Spatial patterns of terrestrial vertebrate species richness in the Brazilian Cerrado

Zoological Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 146-157

  Diniz Filho, José Alexandre F ^a   Mauricio Bini, Luis ^a   Marques Vieira, Cleiber ^a,b   Blamires, Daniel ^a,b   Terribile, Levi Carina ^c   Pereira Bastos, Rogério ^a   De Oliveira, Guilherme ^a   De Souza Barreto, Bruno ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Climatic effects; Human knowledge; Spatial patterns; Terrestrial vertebrates

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 42149170126     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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