Explaining Andean megadiversity: The evolutionary and ecological causes of glassfrog elevational richness patterns

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1135-1144

  Hutter, Carl R ^a   Guayasamin, Juan M ^b   Wiens, John J ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA INDOAMÉRICA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Centrolenidae; Climatic niche evolution; Montane museum; Montane species pump; Niche conservatism; Time for speciation effect

Indexed keywords

CENTROLENIDAE;

EID: 84931748978     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12148     Document Type: Article

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