Detection of macro-ecological patterns in South American hummingbirds is affected by spatial scale

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1459, 2000, Pages 2259-2265

  Rahbek, C ^a   Graves, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hummingbirds; Latitude; Scaling; Species richness gradients; Topography; Trochilidae

Indexed keywords

DATA INTERPRETATION; MACROECOLOGY; SCALE EFFECT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; DENSITY GRADIENT; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOPOGRAPHY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 0034703839     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1277     Document Type: Article

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