Latitudinal gradients in intraspecific ecological diversity

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Araüjo, Márcio S ^a   Costa Pereira, Raul ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Individual specialization; Niche packing; Niche variation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LATITUDE; NICHE; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; INDIVIDUAL SPECIALIZATION; NICHE PACKING; NICHE VARIATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIODIVERSITY; INDIVIDUAL SPECIALIZATION; NICHE PACKING; NICHE VARIATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84891920926     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0778     Document Type: Article

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