Geographic patterns in the distribution of Palearctic songbirds

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 271-280

  Roselaar, Cees S ^a   Sluys, Ronald ^a   Aliabadian, Mansour ^a   Mekenkamp, Peter G M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Hotspots; Palearctic; Passeriformes; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PALEARCTIC REGION; PHYLOGENY; RANGE EXPANSION; SONGBIRD;

AFRICA; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH AFRICA;

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 34447526676     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-007-0129-1     Document Type: Article

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