Global variation in elevational diversity patterns

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Guo, Qinfeng ^a   Kelt, Douglas A ^b   Sun, Zhongyu ^c   Liu, Hongxiao ^c   Hu, Liangjun ^d   Ren, Hai ^c   Wen, Jun ^e  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMISPHERE; SAMPLING; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY;

EID: 84938974665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03007     Document Type: Article

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