Species richness at continental scales is dominated by ecological limits

American Naturalist

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 572-583

  Rabosky, Daniel L ^a   Hurlbert, Allen H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity dependence; Equilibrium; Extinction; Macroecology; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; MACROECOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS; TIMESCALE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

EID: 84928473773     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/680850     Document Type: Article

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