Modelling relationships between species spatial abundance patterns and climate

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 668-681

  Huntley, Brian ^a   Altwegg, Res ^b,c   Barnard, Phoebe ^b,c   Collingham, Yvonne C ^a   Hole, David G ^a,d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Bird survey data; Birds; Climatic change; Endemic species; Quantitative response surfaces; Reporting rates; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES INVENTORY;

LESOTHO; NAMIBIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SWAZILAND; ZIMBABWE;

AVES;

EID: 84860841152     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00701.x     Document Type: Article

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