Global biogeography and ecology of body size in birds

Ecology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-259

  Olson, Valérie A ^a,b   Davies, Richard G ^c,d   Orme, C David L ^e   Thomas, Gavin H ^e,f   Meiri, Shai ^e   Blackburn, Tim M ^b,f   Gaston, Kevin J ^d   Owens, Ian P F ^e   Bennett, Peter M ^b,g  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bergmann's rule; Birds; Body mass; Ecological rules; Taxonomic turnover

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 60649090251     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01281.x     Document Type: Article

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