Abundance, species richness and energy availability in the North American avifauna

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 372-385

  Evans, Karl L ^a   James, Neil A ^a,b   Gaston, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Birds; Migrants; More individuals hypothesis; NDVI; North America; Species energy relationships; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; BIRD; ENERGY USE; POPULATION MIGRATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745629040     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2006.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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