Spatial scale and evolutionary history determine the degree of taxonomic homogenization across island bird assemblages

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 458-466

  Cassey, Phillip ^a   Lockwood, Julie L ^b   Blackburn, Tim M ^a   Olden, Julian D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Biodiversity; Community similarity; Homogenization; Introduction and extirpation; Oceanic birds; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISLAND; SPATIAL DATA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AVES;

EID: 34250329555     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00366.x     Document Type: Article

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