Environmental drivers of beta-diversity patterns in New-World birds and mammals

Ecography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 226-236

  Melo, Adriano S ^a   Rangel, Thiago Fernando L V B ^b   Diniz Filho, José Alexandre F ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MAMMAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 66149179405     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2008.05502.x     Document Type: Article

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