The combined influence of the local environment and regional enrichment on bird species richness

American Naturalist

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  White, Ethan P ^a   Hurlbert, Allen H ^b,c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Enrichment; Local environment; Macroecology; Regional richness; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; MACROECOLOGY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

AVES;

EID: 76249095227     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/649578     Document Type: Article

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