Comparing macroecological patterns across continents: evolution of climatic niche breadth in varanid lizards

Ecography

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 960-970

  Lin, Long Hui ^a   Wiens, John J ^b  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIZARD; MACROECOLOGY; NICHE BREADTH; PHYLOGENY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELATEDNESS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIALIZATION; TEMPERATURE; TRADE-OFF;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBIA; SQUAMATA; VARANIDAE; VARANUS;

EID: 84992474590     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.02343     Document Type: Article

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