Energy gradients and the geographic distribution of local ant diversity

Oecologia

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 407-413

  Kaspari, Michael ^a   Ward, Philip S ^b   Yuan, May ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Area; Biogeography; Latitude; Species richness; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 4344587827     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1607-2     Document Type: Article

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