Multiple environmental determinants of regional species richness and effects of geographic range size

Ecography

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 796-808

  Tello, J Sebastián ^a,b   Stevens, Richard D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BAT; ENERGY FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NICHE BREADTH; RANGE SIZE; SEASONALITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 77957169877     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05991.x     Document Type: Article

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