Lizard community structure along environmental gradients

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 358-365

  Buckley, Lauren B ^a,b   Jetz, Walter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

More individuals hypothesis; Rank abundance distribution; Species abundance distribution; Species energy theory; Thermal constraints

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECTOTHERMY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GROUP BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NICHE PARTITIONING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; LIZARDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; TEMPERATURE;

UNITED STATES;

SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77954005854     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01612.x     Document Type: Article

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