Squeezed at the top: Interspecific aggression may constrain elevational ranges in tropical birds

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1877-1884

  Jankowski, Jill E ^a,b   Robinson, Scott K ^b   Levey, Douglas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic interactions; Climate change; Cloud forest; Competition; Gradient; Range limits; Species replacement

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD FOREST; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; RANGE EXPANSION; SONGBIRD;

AGGRESSION; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AGGRESSION; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AVES; CATHARUS; HENICORHINA; TROGLODYTINAE; TURDIDAE;

EID: 77954577840     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-2063.1     Document Type: Article

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