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A strong Madagascan rainforest MDE and no equatorward increase in species richness: re‐analysis of ‘The missing Madagascan mid‐domain effect’, by Kerr J.T., Perring M. & Currie D.J. ( Ecology Letters 9:149–159, 2006)
Author(s) -
Lees David C.,
Colwell Robert K.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
ecology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.852
H-Index - 265
eISSN - 1461-0248
pISSN - 1461-023X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01040.x
Subject(s) - rainforest , species richness , ecology , biology , zoology
By reanalysing inaccurately presented data of Kerr et al. (2006), we refute their claims that area‐corrected species richness of endemic Madagascan birds and mammals increases toward the Equator and is best explained by environmental factors, and that the rainforest mid‐domain effect (MDE) Lees et al. (1999) demonstrated is artefactual.