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Rapoport's rule: a standalone construct

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Macroecology

the pattern of species' geographic range sizes becoming larger toward higher latitudes.

In macroecology, Rapoport's rule refers to the pattern of species' geographic range sizes becoming larger toward higher latitudes. This meaning comes from Stevens (1989) in The American Naturalist.[1]

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References

  1. Stevens, G. C. (1989). The Latitudinal Gradient in Geographical Range: How so Many Species Coexist in the Tropics. The American Naturalist, 133(2), 240-256. https://doi.org/10.1086/284913

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