Species-energy relationships and habitat complexity in bird communities

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 714-720

  Hurlbert, Allen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Birds; Community structure; Evenness; Habitat heterogeneity; Productivity; Rarefaction; Species richness; Species energy theory

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENERGETICS; PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AVES;

EID: 3843074126     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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