Life on a tropical planet: Niche conservatism and the global diversity gradient

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 344-350

  Romdal, Tom S ^a   Araújo, Miguel B ^a,b,c   Rahbek, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Clade radiation patterns; Fossil record; Latitudinal diversity gradient; Macroecology; Niche Conservatism; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLADISTICS; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONSERVATION; FOSSIL RECORD; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MACROECOLOGY; NICHE; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84873947015     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2012.00786.x     Document Type: Article

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