Abiotic and biotic constraints across reptile and amphibian ranges

Ecography

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-8

  Cunningham, Heather R ^a   Rissler, Leslie J ^b   Buckley, Lauren B ^c   Urban, Mark C ^d  

^a Chesapeake College   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; AMPHIBIAN; BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; BIOTIC FACTOR; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MACROECOLOGY; NICHE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE SIZE; REPTILE;

UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 84956743409     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.01369     Document Type: Article

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