Why marine islands are farther apart in the tropics

American Naturalist

Volumn 183, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 842-846

  Brown, James H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal distance; Marine larvae; Species diversity; Temperature; Tropical islands

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); LARVA; PLANKTON; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HOT TEMPERATURE; ISLANDS; LARVA; PLANKTON; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84900430104     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/676015     Document Type: Note

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