Raptorial birds and environmental gradients in the southern Neotropics: A test of species-richness hypotheses

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 892-898

  Bellocq, M I ^a   Gomez Insausti R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birds; Neotropics; Raptors; Spatial patterns; Species richness hypotheses

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PRODUCTIVITY; RAPTOR; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AVES; RAPTORES;

EID: 31344474823     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01533.x     Document Type: Article

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