Geographical expansion and increased prevalence of common species in avian assemblages: Implications for large-scale patterns of species richness

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1183-1191

  La Sorte, Frank A ^a,b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic activities; Breeding Bird Survey; Commonness; Distribution; Diversity; Geographical range; North America; Rarity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIOSPHERE; BIRD; BREEDING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RARE SPECIES; RARITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 33745053096     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01480.x     Document Type: Article

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