Environment-richness relationships for mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians at global and regional scales

Ecological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 629-637

  Qian, Hong ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Birds; Mammals; Reptiles; Richness climate relationship; Species diversity gradient

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; ECTOTHERMY; ENERGY FLOW; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VERTEBRATE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77952430821     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-010-0695-1     Document Type: Article

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