Changes in the diversity structure of avian assemblages in North America

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 367-378

  La Sorte, Frank A ^a,b   Boecklen, William J ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic activity; Avian diversity; Biological diversity; Evenness; Homogenization; North American Breeding Bird Survey(BBS); Similarity; Species richness; Taxonomic distinctness

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES;

EID: 21244443717     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2005.00160.x     Document Type: Article

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