Breeding bird diversity in relation to environmental gradients in China

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 819-823

  Qian, Hong ^a   Wang, Silong ^b   Li, Yuanliang ^b   Wang, Xihua ^c  

^a RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Avian fauna; Eastern Asia; Richness environment relationships; Species diversity; Species richness; Terrestrial vertebrates

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; SAMPLING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70350133400     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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