Distribution patterns in butterflies and birds of the Czech Republic: Separating effects of habitat and geographical position

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1195-1205

  Storch, David ^a,b   Konvicka, Martin ^c,d   Benes, Jiri ^d   Martinková, Jana ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Canoco; Communities; Habitat models; Macroecology; Ordination; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MACROECOLOGY; ORDINATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

AVES; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0043235782     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00917.x     Document Type: Article

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