Climate and history explain the species richness peak at mid-elevation for Schizothorax fishes (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) distributed in the Tibetan Plateau and its adjacent regions

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 264-272

  Li, Jun ^a   He, Qixin ^a   Hua, Xia ^b   Zhou, Jie ^c   Xu, Huidan ^a   Chen, Jiakuan ^a   Fu, Cuizhang ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Diversification rate; Elevational gradients; Freshwater fish; Niche conservatism; Phylogeny; Schizothorax; Speciation; Species richness; Tibetan

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; NICHE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; PISCES; SCHIZOTHORAX;

EID: 60149100107     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2008.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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