Climatic niche at physiological and macroecological scales: The thermal tolerance-geographical range interface and niche dimensionality

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 446-456

  Gouveia, Sidney F ^a,b   Hortal, Joaquín ^c   Tejedo, Miguel ^d   Duarte, Helder ^d   Cassemiro, Fernanda A S ^e   Navas, Carlos A ^f   Diniz Filho, José Alexandre F ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^e Systema Naturae Consultoria Ambiental Ltda   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anuran larvae; CTmax; Macrophysiology; Phylogenetic comparative methods; Phylogenetic signal representation curve; Thermal tolerance

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISPERSAL; LARVA; MACROECOLOGY; NICHE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANURA; HUTCHINSONIA;

EID: 84896722417     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12114     Document Type: Article

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