Biogeography of body size in Pacific Island birds

Ecography

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 369-379

  Boyer, Alison G ^a   Jetz, Walter ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; MACROECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PALAEOGNATHAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78651251904     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06315.x     Document Type: Article

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