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Disentangling the Drivers of β Diversity Along Latitudinal and Elevational Gradients
- Nathan J. B. Kraft1,2,*,
- Liza S. Comita3,4,
- Jonathan M. Chase5,
- Nathan J. Sanders6,7,
- Nathan G. Swenson8,
- Thomas O. Crist9,
- James C. Stegen10,11,
- Mark Vellend1,12,
- Brad Boyle13,
- Marti J. Anderson14,
- Howard V. Cornell15,
- Kendi F. Davies16,
- Amy L. Freestone17,
- Brian D. Inouye18,
- Susan P. Harrison15,
- Jonathan A. Myers5
- 1Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada.
- 2Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
- 3National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, 735 State Street, Suite 300, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, USA.
- 4Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Box 0843-03092, Balboa Ancón, Republic of Panamá.
- 5Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
- 6Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 569 Dabney Hall, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
- 7Center of Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen O, Denmark.
- 8Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
- 9Institute for the Environment and Sustainability, and Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA.
- 10Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
- 11Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate, Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Lab, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
- 12Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada.
- 13Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85719, USA.
- 14New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study, Massey University, Albany Campus, Auckland 0745, New Zealand.
- 15Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
- 16Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
- 17Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA.
- 18Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306–4295, USA.
- ↵*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: nkraft{at}biodiversity.ubc.ca
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Science 23 Sep 2011:
Vol. 333, Issue 6050, pp. 1755-1758
DOI: 10.1126/science.1208584
Vol. 333, Issue 6050, pp. 1755-1758
DOI: 10.1126/science.1208584
Nathan J. B. Kraft
1Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada.
2Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Liza S. Comita
3National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, 735 State Street, Suite 300, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, USA.
4Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Box 0843-03092, Balboa Ancón, Republic of Panamá.
Jonathan M. Chase
5Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
Nathan J. Sanders
6Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 569 Dabney Hall, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
7Center of Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen O, Denmark.
Nathan G. Swenson
8Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Thomas O. Crist
9Institute for the Environment and Sustainability, and Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA.
James C. Stegen
10Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
11Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate, Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Lab, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
Mark Vellend
1Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada.
12Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada.
Brad Boyle
13Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85719, USA.
Marti J. Anderson
14New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study, Massey University, Albany Campus, Auckland 0745, New Zealand.
Howard V. Cornell
15Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Kendi F. Davies
16Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
Amy L. Freestone
17Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA.
Brian D. Inouye
18Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306–4295, USA.
Susan P. Harrison
15Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Jonathan A. Myers
5Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
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