Speciation far from the madding crowd

被引:2
作者
Mooers, Arne O. [1 ]
Greenberg, Dan A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Simon Fraser Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
关键词
BIRDS; DIVERSITY;
D O I
10.1038/d41586-018-05575-2
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
New species of marine fishes are found to emerge at a faster rate in high-latitude oceans, which have lower densities of species, than in the species-rich tropics. Are the tropics too crowded for new species to take hold?
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页码:341 / 342
页数:3
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