Species richness and range size of the terrestrial mammals of the world: Biological signal within mathematical constraints

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Soberón, Jorge ^a   Ceballos, Gerardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COVARIANCE; FAUNA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOME RANGE; MAMMAL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RANGE DIVERSITY PLOT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GEOGRAPHY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHY; MAMMALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 79955790800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019359     Document Type: Article

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