The latitudinal gradient of beta diversity in relation to climate and topography for mammals in North America

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-122

  Qian, Hong ^a   Badgley, Catherine ^b   Fox, David L ^c  

^a RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Climate; Jaccard index; Latitudinal diversity gradient; Macroecology; Mammalian faunas; Spatial turnover

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MAMMAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 57649134255     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2008.00415.x     Document Type: Article

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