Preliminary analysis of the ecology and geography of the asian nuthatches (aves: Sittidae)

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 692-699

  Menon, Shaily ^a   Islam, Zafar U L ^b,d   Soberón, Jorge ^c   Peterson, A Townsend ^c  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MOUNTAIN; NICHE BREADTH; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PASSERINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPACE USE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; EURASIA;

AVES; SITTIDAE;

EID: 58549116963     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/07-136.1     Document Type: Article

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