Hemispheric Asymmetries in Biodiversity—A Serious Matter for Ecology
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- 16 November 2004
- journal article
- essay
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Biology
- Vol. 2 (11) , e406
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0020406
Abstract
Although the poles are less diverse than the tropics, this decline shows substantial asymmetries between the hemispheres, suggesting that responses to environmental change may differ substantially in the north and the south.Keywords
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