Energy, range dynamics and global species richness patterns: Reconciling mid-domain effects and environmental determinants of avian diversity

Ecology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1308-1320

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

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Biogeography; Climate richness relationship; Hotspots; Latitudinal gradient of diversity; Mid domain effect; More individuals hypothesis; Mountains; Productivity; Spatial models; Species energy relationship

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

AVES;

EID: 33751224749     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00984.x     Document Type: Article

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