Island size, isolation, or interspecific competition? The breeding distribution of the Parus guild in the Danish archipelago

Oecologia

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 255-260

  Wiggins, David A ^a,c   Møller, Anders Pape ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breeding distribution; Dispersal; Interspecific competition; Island biogeography; Parus

Indexed keywords

BIRD ASSEMBLAGE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; ISLAND SIZE; ISOLATION;

DENMARK;

CERTHIA; PARUS; PARUS CRISTATUS; PARUS PALUSTRIS; REGULUS; SITTA EUROPAEA;

EID: 0030858669     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050233     Document Type: Article

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