Peaks, plateaus, canyons, and craters: The complex geometry of simple mid-domain effect models

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 355-370

  Colwell, Robert K ^a   Gotelli, Nicholas J ^b   Rahbek, Carsten ^c   Entsminger, Gary L ^d   Farrell, Catherine ^e   Graves, Gary R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Essex High School   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Boundary effects; Doughnut; Geographical range; Geometric constraints; Null models; Spatial scale; Species richness gradients; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650305507     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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