Evaluating the potential causes of range limits of birds of the Colombian Andes

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1863-1875

  Graham, Catherine H ^a   Silva, Natalia ^a   Velásquez Tibatá, Jorge ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes Mountains; Birds; Climate envelope model; Colombia; Ecological niche model; Equilibrium; Geographic barriers; Potential distribution; Range limits; Range filling

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLIMATE MODELING; DATABASE; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; NICHE; RANGE SIZE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ANDES; COLOMBIA; CORDILLERA; PARAGUAY;

AVES;

EID: 77957100187     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02356.x     Document Type: Article

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