History and the species-area relationship in lesser antillean birds

American Naturalist

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-239

  Ricklefs, Robert E ^a   Bermingham, Eldredge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Colonization; Equilibrium theory; Extinction; Island biogeography; Lesser Antilles; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COLONIZATION; EXTINCTION; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WEST INDIES;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 1542438048     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381002     Document Type: Article

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