Patterns and determinants of shorebird species richness in the circumpolar Arctic

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 383-396

  Henningsson, Sara S ^a   Alerstam, Thomas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arctic tundra; Charadriiformes; Migration; Primary productivity; Quaternary tundra; Shorebirds; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BREEDING POPULATION; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TUNDRA; WADER;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIIFORMES; HAEMATOPODIDAE; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 15944400666     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01204.x     Document Type: Article

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