Body size and latitudinal gradients in regional diversity of new world birds

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-65

  Cardillo, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Birds; Body size distributions; Latitudal gradients; Macroecology; New world avifauna; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BODY SIZE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; BIRD; NEW WORLD ORDER;

AVES;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0036189743     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822X.2001.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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