Phylogenetic signals in the climatic niches of the world's amphibians

Ecography

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 242-250

  Hof, Christian ^a,b   Rahbek, Carsten ^a   Araújo, Miguel B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NICHE BREADTH; PHYLOGENETICS; RELATEDNESS; TAXONOMY;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 78651263473     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06309.x     Document Type: Article

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