Beta diversity and latitude in North American mammals: Testing the hypothesis of covariation

Ecography

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 547-556

  Rodríguez, Pilar ^a   Arita, Héctor T ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MAMMAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 4544369267     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2004.03788.x     Document Type: Article

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