The Latitudinal distribution of sphingid species richness in Continental Southeast Asia: What causes the biodiversity 'hot spot' in northern Thailand?

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 179-185

  Beck, Jan ^a,b   Kitching, Ian J ^c   Haxaire, Jean ^d  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Hawkmoths; Lepidoptera; Peninsula effect; Range size; Sampling bias; Sphingidae

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 48049098275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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