Diverse elevational diversity gradients in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A.: Chapter 10
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Abstract
Why does the number of species vary geographically? The earliest naturalists puzzled over this question, as do many biogeographers and macroecologists today. Over the last 200-plus years, the most striking geographic pattern in species richness – the decline in species richness with increasing latitude – has received the most attention. Thanks to many recent theoretical developments, coupled with global-scale databases and satellite technology, the number of candidate mechanisms that shape the latitudinal diversity gradient has been whittled down to a manageable number.
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Publication type | Book chapter |
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Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
Title | Diverse elevational diversity gradients in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A.: Chapter 10 |
DOI | 10.1201/9781420083705.ch10 |
Year Published | 2009 |
Language | English |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Publisher location | Boca Raton, FL |
Contributing office(s) | Coop Res Unit Atlanta |
Description | 13 p. |
Larger Work Type | Book |
Larger Work Subtype | Monograph |
Larger Work Title | Data mining for global trends in mountain biodiversity |
First page | 75 |
Last page | 87 |
Country | United States |
Other Geospatial | Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
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