Hierarchical processes define spatial pattern of avian assemblages restricted and endemic to the arid Karoo, South Africa

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1067-1087

  Githaiga Mwicigi, Jean M W ^a   Fairbanks, Dean H K ^a,c   Midgley, Guy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Climate; Endemic bird distribution; Karoo biome; Ordination; Range restricted; Redundancy analysis; South Africa; Spatial structure; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; ENDEMIC SPECIES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; NAMA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036691419     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00747.x     Document Type: Article

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