The global distribution of frugivory in birds

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 150-162

  Kissling, W Daniel ^a,b,c   Böhning Gaese, Katrin ^a,b   Jetz, Walter ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Virtual Institute Macroecology   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biogeography; Climate history; Co evolution; Guild; Historical contingency; Hotspot congruence; Plant animal interactions; Species energy theory

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COEVOLUTION; FRUGIVORY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; EAST AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBIFORMES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; PICIDAE; PICIFORMES; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 60149107331     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2008.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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