Global patterns of geographic range size in birds

PLoS Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1276-1283

  Orme, C David L ^a   Davies, Richard G ^b   Olson, Valerie A ^c   Thomas, Gavin H ^d   Ding, Tzung Su ^e   Rasmussen, Pamela C ^f   Ridgely, Robert S ^g   Stattersfield, Ali J ^h   Bennett, Peter M ^c   Owens, Ian P F ^a   Blackburn, Tim M ^d   Gaston, Kevin J ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; DATA BASE; FOWL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AVES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; DATABASES; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY;

EID: 33745881911     PISSN: 15457885     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040208     Document Type: Article

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