Explaining the elevational diversity pattern of geometrid moths from Borneo: A test of five hypotheses

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1452-1464

  Beck, Jan ^a   Chey, Vun Khen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Faunal overlap; Mid domain effect; Plant diversity; Spatial regression; Water energy dynamics

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ELEVATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MOTH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ASIA; BORNEO; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 48049119942     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01886.x     Document Type: Article

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