Concomitant patterns in avian and mammalian body length changes in Denmark

Ecology and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Schmidt, Niels Martin ^a   Jensen, Per Moestrup ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aves; Avoidance; Body length; Competition; Feeding category; Habitat fragmentation; Island biogeography; Island rule; Migration; Reproductive output; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BREEDING POPULATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY;

DENMARK; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 27544457371     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-01372-100205     Document Type: Article

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