On humans and wildlife in Mediterranean islands

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 509-518

  Blondel, Jacques ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Blue tit; Gene flow; Habitat gradient; Human disturbance; Insular syndrome; Landscape changes; Local differentiation; Mass extinction; Niche breadth; Phenotypic variation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; GENE FLOW; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MASS EXTINCTION; NICHE BREADTH; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; ILEX; MAMMALIA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS HUMILIS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 39049112466     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01819.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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