Global distribution of a key trophic guild contrasts with common latitudinal diversity patterns

Boyero, Luz, Pearson, Richard G, Dudgeon, David, Graça, Manuel A. S, Gessner, Mark O, Albariño, Ricardo J, Ferreira, Verónica, Yule, Catherine M, Boulton, Andrew J, Arunachalam, Muthukumarasamy, Callisto, Marcos, Chauvet, Eric, Ramírez, Alonso, Chará, Julián, Moretti, Marcelo S, Gonçalves, José F, Helson, Julie E, Chará-Serna, Ana M, Encalada, Andrea C, Davies, Judy N, Lamothe, Sylvain, Cornejo, Aydeè, Li, Aggie O. Y, Buria, Leonardo M, Villanueva, Verónica D, Zúñiga, María C, Pringle, Catherine M·2011·Ecology
DOI 10.1890/10-2244.1

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