Dispersal ability modulates the strength of the latitudinal richness gradient in European beetles

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1106-1113

  Baselga, Andrés ^a   Lobo, Jorge M ^b   Svenning, Jens Christian ^c   Aragón, Pedro ^d   Araújo, Miguel B ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Coleoptera; Dispersal; Diversity gradients; Europe; Post glacial recolonization; Richness

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; RECOLONIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

EUROPE;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 84867638304     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00753.x     Document Type: Article

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