The effect of energy and seasonality on avian species richness and community composition

American Naturalist

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-97

  Hurlbert, Allen H ^a   Haskell, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Habitat heterogeneity; Productivity; Scale; Species richness; Species energy theory

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HETEROGENEITY; SEASONALITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; GEOGRAPHY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0037250946     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345459     Document Type: Article

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