Species traits and the form of individual species-energy relationships

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1595, 2006, Pages 1779-1787

  Evans, Karl L ^a   Jackson, Sarah F ^a   Greenwood, Jeremy J D ^b   Gaston, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British breeding birds; Macroecology; NDVI; Niche breadth; Species energy relationships; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; ENERGY; MACROECOLOGY; NDVI; NICHE BREADTH; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FAUNA; FOOD CHAIN; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; BREEDING; ENERGY METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33747384646     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3487     Document Type: Article

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