Geographic location and phylogeny are the main determinants of the size of the geographical range in aquatic beetles
[Background] Why some species are widespread while others are very restricted geographically is one of the most basic questions in biology, although it remains largely unanswered. This is particularly the case for groups of closely related species, which often display large differences in the size of the geographical range despite sharing many other factors due to their common phylogenetic inheritance. We used ten lineages of aquatic Coleoptera from the western Palearctic to test in a comparative framework a broad set of possible determinants of range size: species' age, differences in ecological tolerance, dispersal ability and geographic location.
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BioMed Central
2011-11-28
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/43425 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100007801 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004837 |
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