The coincidence of rarity and richness and the potential signature of history in centres of endemism

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1180-1191

  Jetz, Walter ^a,b,e   Rahbek, Carsten ^c   Colwell, Robert K ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Birds; Conservation; Endemism; Geographic range size; Geometric constraints; Mid domain effect; Null model; Random draw; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; ENDEMISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PREDICTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 9944242342     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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