Extreme deconstruction supports niche conservatism driving New World bird diversity

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 16-21

  Diniz Filho, José Alexandre Felizola ^a   Rangel, Thiago Fernando ^a   dos Santos, Mariana Rocha ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Birds; Deconstruction; Latitudinal gradients; Niche conservatism; Niche modeling; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; BIRD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NICHE; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL REGION;

AVES;

EID: 84861874394     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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