Geographic variations of seasonality and coexistence in communities: The role of diversity and climate

Austral Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 741-750

  Canavero, Andrés ^a,b   Arim, Matías ^a,b   Brazeiro, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Co ocurrence; Latitudinal trends; Nestedness; Temporal dimension

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; COEXISTENCE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NESTEDNESS; PATH ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 70350214645     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.01980.x     Document Type: Article

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