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 |
|---|---|
| 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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