Body size trends in a Holocene island bird assemblage

Ecography

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-67

  Cassey, Phillip ^a   Blackburn, Tim M ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BODY SIZE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HOLOCENE; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREND ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642351240     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2004.03585.x     Document Type: Article

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