Biogeographic anomalies in the species richness of Chilean forests: Incorporating evolution into a climatic - historic scenario

Austral Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 905-914

  Segovia, Ricardo A ^a,b   Hinojosa, Luis F ^a,b   Pérez, María F ^b,c   Hawkins, Bradford A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate richness relationship; Diversity gradient; Pleistocene glaciation; Tropical conservatism hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ARIDIFICATION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATITUDE; NICHE PARTITIONING; PALEOCLIMATE; PHYLOGENETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ANDES; ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE; COASTAL CORDILLERA;

EID: 84888370629     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12030     Document Type: Article

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