Elevational zonation of afrotropical forest bird communities along a homogeneous forest gradient

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 327-336

  Romdal, Tom S ^a   Rahbek, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Africa; Birds; Chronological clustering; Eastern Arc; Ecotones; Elevation; Species turnover; Tanzania; Zonation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CHRONOLOGY; DATA SET; ECOTONE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST; ZONATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; UDZUNGWA MOUNTAINS;

AVES;

EID: 58449129434     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01996.x     Document Type: Article

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