Faster Speciation and Reduced Extinction in the Tropics Contribute to the Mammalian Latitudinal Diversity Gradient

PLoS Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Rolland, Jonathan ^a,b   Condamine, Fabien L ^a   Jiguet, Frederic ^b   Morlon, Hélène ^a  

^a CENTRE DE MATHÉMATIQUES APPLIQUÉES   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; COLD CLIMATE; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; MAMMALS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84893741236     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001775     Document Type: Article

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