Multiregional comparison of the ecological and phylogenetic structure of butterfly species richness gradients

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 647-656

  Hawkins, Bradford A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COLD TOLERANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

PAPILIONOIDEA; RHOPALOCERA;

EID: 77952342005     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02250.x     Document Type: Article

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