Habitat area and climate stability determine geographical variation in plant species range sizes

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1446-1454

  Morueta Holme, Naia ^a   Enquist, Brian J ^b,c   Mcgill, Brian J ^d   Boyle, Brad ^b,e   Jørgensen, Peter M ^f   Ott, Jeffrey E ^g   Peet, Robert K ^g   Šímová, Irena ^h   Sloat, Lindsey L ^b   Thiers, Barbara ⁱ   Violle, Cyrille ^j   Wiser, Susan K ^k   Dolins, Steven ^l   Donoghue, John C ^b,e   Kraft, Nathan J B ^m   Regetz, Jim ⁿ   Schildhauer, Mark ⁿ   Spencer, Nick ^k   Svenning, Jens Christian ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^e Thomas W Keating Bioresearch Building   (United States)

^f MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^h INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^j CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^k LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^l BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m Bldg 142   (United States)

ⁿ NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

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Author keywords

Climate stability; Geographical range size; Habitat area; New World; Plants; Rapoport's rule

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PLANT; RAINFOREST; RANGE SIZE;

ANDES; CENTRAL AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA;

BIODIVERSITY; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; PLANT; SOUTH AMERICA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIODIVERSITY; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTH AMERICA; PLANTS; SOUTH AMERICA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84886724815     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12184     Document Type: Article

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