Phylogeny, niche conservatism and the Iatitudinal diversity gradient in mammals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1691, 2010, Pages 2131-2138

  Buckley, Lauren B ^a   Jonathan Davies, T ^b,c   Ackerly, David D ^d   Kraft, Nathan J B ^d   Harrison, Susan P ^e   Anacker, Brian L ^e   Cornell, Howard V ^e   Dänischen, Ellen I ^f   Grytnes, John Avid ^g   Hawkins, Bradford A ^h   McCain, Christy M ^i,j   Stephens, Patrick R ^k   Wiens, John J ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^k STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Bats; Evolutionary history; Latitudinal diversity gradient; Mammals; Phylogenetic niche conservatism; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BAT; CARNIVORE; CLADISTICS; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; EOCENE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NICHE; PHYLOGENY; RANGE EXPANSION; SLOPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 77955405221     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0179     Document Type: Article

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