Why Mountain Passes are Higher in the Tropics

Keywords

Tropics, Geography, Ecology, Biology

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• Cryptic species diversity reveals biogeographic support for the ‘mountain passes are higher in the tropics’ hypothesisG. Grimble, EE Denham, S.M. Gabe — 2016
• Ant predation on herbivores through a multitrophic lens: how effects of ants on plant herbivore defense and natural enemies vary along temperature gradients.H. Cramer, G. Hagstotz, A. Eiermann — 2016
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• Ecogeographical distribution of the herpetofauna of Indio Mountains research station, Hudspeth County, TexasRoss Owen Couvillon — 2011
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