Ecology drives the worldwide distribution of human diseases.
Identifying the factors underlying the origin and maintenance of the latitudinal diversity gradient is a central problem in ecology, but no consensus has emerged on which processes might generate this broad pattern. Interestingly, the vast majority of studies exploring the gradient have focused on f...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2004-06-01
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Series: | PLoS Biology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0020141 |