Relative effects of time for speciationand tropical niche conservatism on the latitudinal diversity gradient of phyllostomid bats

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1717, 2011, Pages 2528-2536

  Stevens, Richard D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Biodiversity; Historical process; Latitudinal diversity gradient; Time for speciation; Tropical niche conservatism

Indexed keywords

BAT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NICHE PARTITIONING; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIODIVERSITY; CENTRAL AMERICA; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; MEXICO; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHIROPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SPECIATION; MEXICO; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AMERICA; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 79960125237     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2341     Document Type: Article

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