What determines the climatic niche width of species? The role of spatial and temporal climatic variation in three vertebrate clades

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 422-432

  Quintero, Ignacio ^a   Wiens, John J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Climate; Latitude; Niche; Niche breadth; Phylogeny; Reptiles; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CLIMATE VARIATION; NICHE BREADTH; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TYPE LOCALITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLIDAE; PHRYNOSOMATINAE; PLETHODONTIDAE; REPTILIA; SALAMANDROIDEA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84874737083     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12001     Document Type: Article

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