Rarity in Chilean forest birds: Which ecological and life-history traits matter?: Biodiversity research

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 203-212

  Cofre, Hernán L ^a,d   Böhning Gaese, Katrin ^b   Marquet, Pablo A ^a,c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Density; Forest birds; Latitudinal range; Macroecology; Rarity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENY; RARITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 33847353353     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2006.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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