Nestedness and migratory status of avian assemblages in North America and Europe

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1325-1331

  Bird, Bryan M ^a   Boecklen, William J ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian communities; Avian conservation; Island biogeography; Neotropical migrants; Nested species distributions

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; MIGRATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032468490     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008895832514     Document Type: Article

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