Evolutionary constraints on regional faunas: Whom, but not how many

Ecology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-65

  Algar, Adam C ^a   Kerr, Jeremy T ^a   Currie, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate richness relationships; Community relatedness; Latitudinal diversity gradient; Niche conservatism; Niche dynamics; Path analysis; Phylogenetic clustering; Species richness; Tropical conservatism hypothesis

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COLD TOLERANCE; EVOLUTION; FAUNA; FROG; GENETIC STRUCTURE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NICHE; RELATEDNESS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

HYLA; HYLIDAE;

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ANURA; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; TEMPERATURE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; ANIMALS; ANURA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; RAIN; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 57549102470     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01260.x     Document Type: Article

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