Spatial patterns of terrestrial vertebrates richness in Brazilian semiarid, Northeastern Brazil: Selecting hypotheses and revealing constraints

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1418-1426

  de Oliveira, G ^a   Diniz Filho, José Alexandre Felizola ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caatinga; Climate; Climate constraints; Environmental stability hypothesis; Spatial autocorrelation; Species energy hypothesis

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AUTOCORRELATION; BIOME; BIRD; CAATINGA; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DESERTIFICATION; ENERGY FLOW; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAMMAL; REPTILE; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BRAZIL;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956230554     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.05.015     Document Type: Article

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