An inverse latitudinal gradient of diversity of peracarid crustaceans along the Pacific Coast of South America: Out of the deep south

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 437-448

  Rivadeneira, Marcelo M ^a,b   Thiel, Martin ^a   González, Exequiel R ^c   Haye, Pilar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Amphipoda; Chile; Cumacea; Isopoda; Macroecology; Macroevolution; Marine biodiversity; Peracarida; Tanaidacea

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CRUSTACEAN; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MACROECOLOGY; NEW TAXON; NICHE BREADTH; RANGE EXPANSION; RAPOPORT RULE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CHILE; PACIFIC COAST [CHILE]; PACIFIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA];

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; CUMACEA; ISOPODA; PERACARIDA; TANAIDACEA;

EID: 79953779452     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00610.x     Document Type: Article

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