Are species' range limits simply niche limits writ large? A review of transplant experiments beyond the range

American Naturalist

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 157-173

  Hargreaves, Anna L ^a   Samis, Karen E ^b   Eckert, Christopher G ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dispersal limitation; Geographic distribution; Local adaptation; Meta analysis; Range limit; Transplant experiments

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT QUALITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LOCAL ADAPTATION; META-ANALYSIS; NICHE; RANGE EXPANSION; RANGE SIZE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; INVERTEBRATE; METHODOLOGY; PLANT;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; INVERTEBRATES; PLANTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84893026159     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/674525     Document Type: Article

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