Spatial patterns in the body sizes of bird species in the New World

Oikos

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 436-446

  Blackburn, Tim M ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERGMANN'S RULE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT;

LATIN AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030303314     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545933     Document Type: Article

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