Determinants of northerly range limits along the Himalayan bird diversity gradient

American Naturalist

Volumn 178, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Price, Trevor D ^a   Mohan, Dhananjai ^b   Thomas Tietze, D ^a   Hooper, Daniel M ^a   Orme, C David L ^c   Rasmussen, Pamela C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitudinal range limits; Climate tracking; Competition; Geographical range limits; Himalayan birds; Niche conservatism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; FOREST RESOURCE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; POPULATION DECLINE; RANGE EXPANSION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ASIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; HOMING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES;

HIMALAYAS;

AVES;

EID: 80053269614     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/661926     Document Type: Article

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