Global patterns of the beta diversity-energy relationship in terrestrial vertebrates

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 39, Issue , 2012, Pages 67-71

  Qian, Hong ^a   Xiao, Ming ^b  

^a RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Diversity; Energy availability; Latitudinal diversity gradient; Species turnover; Species energy relationship

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIRD; ECOREGION; ENERGY BUDGET; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MAMMAL; REPTILE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TURNOVER;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84855723379     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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