Richness and composition of plants and birds on land-bridge islands: Effects of island attributes and differential responses of species groups

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1124-1133

  Yu, Mingjian ^a   Hu, Guang ^a   Feeley, Kenneth J ^b   Wu, Jianguo ^c   Ding, Ping ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Habitat heterogeneity; Island biogeography theory; Land bridge islands; Species composition; Species richness; Species area relationship; Thousand Island Lake

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT QUALITY; HETEROGENEITY; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LAND BRIDGE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; ORDINATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; VASCULAR PLANT;

CHINA; QIANDAO LAKE; ZHEJIANG;

AVES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84862815882     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02676.x     Document Type: Article

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