Niche Segregation Between Two Alpine Rosefinches: To Coexist in Extreme Environments

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-87

  Lu, Xin ^a   Gong, Guohong ^a   Ma, Xiaoyan ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine habitat; Competition; Diet; Morphological divergence; Nest site; Niche segregation; Rosefinch

Indexed keywords

AVES; CARPODACUS; CARPODACUS EOS; CARPODACUS RUBICILLOIDES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 79952311183     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-010-9102-7     Document Type: Article

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