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Rapoport's Rule

Rapoport's Rule is an ecological theory stating that the average latitudinal range size of species increases with latitude, distinguishing it from other diversity gradient hypotheses by proposing that higher species richness in tropical regions arises due to the cumulative effect of smaller geographic ranges in the tropics compared to broader ranges at higher latitudes.

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2017–2026

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97

The Latitudinal Gradient in Geographical Range: How so Many Species Coexist in the Tropics

George C. Stevens · The American Naturalist · 1989 · 1.9K citations

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Thermal tolerance, climatic variability and latitude

Abraham Addo‐Bediako, Steven L. Chown, Kevin J. Gaston · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2000 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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The Elevational Gradient in Altitudinal Range: An Extension of Rapoport's Latitudinal Rule to Altitude

George C. Stevens · The American Naturalist · 1992 · 940 citations

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Nonbiological Gradients in Species Richness and a Spurious Rapoport Effect

Robert K. Colwell, G. C. Hurtt · The American Naturalist · 1994 · 691 citations

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The Relationship Among Area, Elevation, And Regional Species Richness In Neotropical Birds

Carsten Rahbek · The American Naturalist · 1997 · 597 citations

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Authors

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  1. AR
    Adriana Ruggiero

    National University of Comahue, Argentina

    5 publications · 320 citations

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  2. SD
    Steven D. Gaines

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    3 publications · 116 citations

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  3. DJ
    David Jablonski

    University of Chicago, United States

    2 publications · 649 citations

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  4. EF
    Erica Fleishman

    Stanford University, United States

    2 publications · 206 citations

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  5. MR
    Michael R. Willig

    University of Connecticut, United States

    2 publications · 126 citations

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Institutions

173

  1. National University of Comahue

    Neuquén, Argentina

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    480 citations

  2. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    633 citations

  3. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    310 citations

  4. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Mexico City, Mexico

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    274 citations

  5. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    396 citations

  6. James Cook University

    Townsville, Australia

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    331 citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    377 citations

  8. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    15 publications

    564 citations

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  1. Journal of Biogeography

    12 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. The American Naturalist

    AN · 10 publications · 4.7K citations

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  3. Ecography

    9 publications · 838 citations

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  4. Global Ecology and Biogeography

    9 publications · 617 citations

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  5. PLoS ONE

    5 publications · 178 citations

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