Latitude, elevational climatic zonation and speciation in New World vertebrates

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1726, 2011, Pages 194-201

  Cadena, Carlos Daniel ^a   Kozak, Kenneth H ^b   Gómez, Juan Pablo ^a   Parra, Juan Luis ^c   Mccain, Christy M ^d   Bowie, Rauri C K ^e   Carnaval, Ana C ^e,f   Moritz, Craig ^e   Rahbek, Carsten ^g   Roberts, Trina E ^h   Sanders, Nathan J ^g,i   Schneider, Christopher J ^j   Vanderwal, Jeremy ^k   Zamudio, Kelly R ^l   Graham, Catherine H ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^h NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^j Boston University   (United States)

^k JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^l Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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Author keywords

Allopatric speciation; Diversification; Ecological speciation; Latitudinal diversity gradient; Niche conservatism

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIODIVERSITY; DATA SET; HOT SPOT; LATITUDE; MOUNTAIN REGION; NICHE; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOLERANCE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VERTEBRATE; ZONATION;

EID: 82055184866     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0720     Document Type: Article

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