Shaping the body mass distribution of Passeriformes: Habitat use and body mass are evolutionarily and ecologically related

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 324-337

  Polo, Vicente ^a   Carrascal, Luis M ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body mass distribution; Habitat use; Passeriformes; Phylogenetic component; Structural complexity of preferred habitats

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; HABITAT USE;

EID: 0033022740     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1999.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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