Latitude, elevation and body mass variation in Andean passerine birds

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 245-259

  Blackburn, Tim M ^a,c   Ruggiero, Adriana ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Andean birds; Bergmann's rule; Body size; Ecogeographic rule; Elevation; Latitude

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ELEVATION; ENDEMISM; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PASSERINE; WEIGHT;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0034970032     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822X.2001.00237.x     Document Type: Article

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