Unusual abundance-range size relationship in an Afromontane bird community: The effect of geographical isolation?

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1959-1968

  Reif, Jiří ^a   Hořák, David ^a   Sedláček, Ondřej ^a   Riegert, Jan ^b   Pešata, Michal ^b   Hrázský, Záboj ^b,c   Janeček, Štěpán ^d   Storch, David ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bamenda Highlands; Bird endemism; Cameroon Mountains; Geographical range size; Macroecology; Montane forest; Niche breadth; Niche position; Rarity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AFROTROPICAL REGION; BIRD; ENDEMISM; ISOLATION EFFECT; MONTANE FOREST; NICHE BREADTH; RANGE SIZE;

AFRICA; BAMENDA HIGHLANDS; CAMEROON; MOUNT CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

AVES;

EID: 33749642057     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01547.x     Document Type: Article

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