Determinants of geographical range sizes: A test using introduced New Zealand birds

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 963-975

  Duncan, Richard P ^a   Blackburn, Tim M ^b   Veltman, Clare J ^c,d  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bird introductions; Dispersal; Interspecific competition; Life history variation; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; RANGE SIZE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0032859965     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1999.00344.x     Document Type: Article

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