Spatial patterns of species richness in New World coral snakes and the metabolic theory of ecology

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-173

  Terribile, Levi Carina ^a   Diniz Filho, José Alexandre Felizola ^b  

^a ICC Centro   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Distribution modeling; Latitudinal gradient; Metabolic theory; Richness gradients; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; METABOLISM; SNAKE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANTHOZOA; MICRURUS;

EID: 60149109317     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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