The relationship among area, elevation, and regional species richness in neotropical birds

American Naturalist

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 875-902

  Rahbek, Garsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; AREA EFFECT; BIRD; NEOTROPICS; RAPOPORT'S RULE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030620320     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286028     Document Type: Article

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