An ecological telescope to view future terrestrial vertebrate diversity

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 247-268

  Rosenzweig, Michael L ^a   Drumlevitch, Fred ^a   Borgmann, Kathi L ^a   Flesch, Aaron D ^a   Grajeda, Susana M ^a   Johnson, Glenn ^a   MacKay, Kelly ^a   Nicholson, Kerry L ^a   Patterson, Virginia ^a   Pri Tal, Benjamin M ^a   Ramos Lara, Nicolas ^a   Serrano, Karla Pelz ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Ecoregions; Endemicity; Mass extinction; Realms; Species diversity; Species area relationships; Steady states; Zoological regions

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84873682390     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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