More species, fewer specialists: 100 years of changes in community composition in an island biogeographical study

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 641-648

  Christian, Kerbiriou ^a   Isabelle, Le Viol ^a   Frédéric, Jiguet ^a   Vincent, Devictor ^b,c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

Author keywords

Biotic homogenization; Bird community; Indicators; Long term trend; Protected area; Specialist generalist

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIOTIC FACTOR; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LAND USE; POPULATION POLICY; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 67149097883     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2009.00569.x     Document Type: Article

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