Testing island biogeography theory with visitation rates of birds to British islands

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1532-1539

  Stracey, Christine M ^a,b,d   Pimm, Stuart L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Britain; Colonization; Distance effect; Equilibrium theory; Immigration rate; Island biogeography; Target effect

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; COLONIZATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMIGRATION; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 67650970351     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02090.x     Document Type: Article

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