Biogeographical patterns in the Western Palearctic: The fasting-endurance hypothesis and the status of Murphy's rule

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 369-375

  Meiri, Shai ^a   Dayan, Tamar ^a   Simberloff, Daniel ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird migration; Body size; Eurasia; Fasting endurance; Geographical variation; Latitude; Longitude; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY SIZE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PALEARCTIC REGION; SEASONALITY;

AVES;

EID: 15944422159     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01197.x     Document Type: Article

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