Post-Eocene climate change, niche conservatism, and the latitudinal diversity gradient of New World birds

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 770-780

  Hawkins, Bradford A ^a   Diniz Filho, José Alexandre Felizola ^b,c   Jaramillo, Carlos A ^d   Soeller, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Climate change; Evolutionary time; Extinction; Latitudinal gradient; Mean root distance; New World birds; Palaeoclimate; Species; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; EOCENE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AVES;

EID: 33646015057     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01452.x     Document Type: Article

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