Climatic control of dispersal-ecological specialization trade-offs: A metacommunity process at the heart of the latitudinal diversity gradient?

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 244-252

  Jocque, Merlijn ^a   Field, Richard ^b   Brendonck, Luc ^a   De Meester, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Dispersal; Latitudinal richness gradient; Local adaptation; Metacommunity; Trade off

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; DIVERSITY INDEX; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PREDICTION; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 76249096190     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2009.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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