Interspecific differences in population trends of Spanish birds are related to habitat and climatic preferences

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-121

  Seoane, Javier ^a,b   Carrascal, Luis M ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Global change; Habitat breadth; Habitat preferences; Iberian Peninsula; Population trends; Spain

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MODELING; NICHE BREADTH; PASSERINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 36849049370     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2007.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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