Different evolutionary histories underlie congruent species richness gradients of birds and mammals

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 825-841

  Hawkins, Bradford A ^a   Mccain, Christy M ^b   Davies, T Jonathan ^c,d   Buckley, Lauren B ^c,e   Anacker, Brian L ^f   Cornell, Howard V ^f   Damschen, Ellen I ^g   Grytnes, John Arvid ^h   Harrison, Susan ^f   Holt, Robert D ⁱ   Kraft, Nathan J B ^j,k   Stephens, Patrick R ^c,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Bird diversity; Climate change; Diversity gradients; Global biodiversity; Mammal diversity; Niche conservatism; Species richness; Tropical niche conservatism

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CLADISTICS; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MAMMAL; NICHE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84859865890     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02655.x     Document Type: Article

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