Tropical niche conservatism and the species richness gradient of North American butterflies

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1698-1711

  Hawkins, Bradford A ^a   Devries, Philip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Cold tolerance; Diapause; Diversity gradients; Latitudinal gradients; Niche conservatism; North America; Rhopalocera; Species richness gradients; Tropical conservatism hypothesis

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CLADISTICS; COLD TOLERANCE; DIAPAUSE; DIGITAL MAP; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NICHE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECOLONIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORTH AMERICA;

PAPILIONOIDEA; RHOPALOCERA;

EID: 69249184428     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02119.x     Document Type: Article

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