Morphological over-dispersion in game birds (Aves: Galliformes) successfully introduced to New Zealand was not caused by interspecific competition

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 551-561

  Duncan, Richard P ^a   Blackburn, Tim M ^b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Community assembly; Competition; Game birds; Introductions; Morphological over dispersion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042904415     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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