The restricted range of the Ethiopian Bush-crow Zavattariornis stresemanni is a consequence of high reliance on modified habitats within narrow climatic limits

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1031-1044

  Donald, Paul F ^a   Gedeon, Kai ^b   Collar, Nigel J ^c   Spottiswoode, Claire N ^d   Wondafrash, Mengistu ^e   Buchanan, Graeme M ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b Saxon Ornithologists Society   (Germany)

^c BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

African birds; Biogeography; Climate change; Environmental niche models; Habitat selection

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT SELECTION; LAND COVER; NDVI; NEST SITE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ETHIOPIA;

AVES; CORVIDAE; ZAVATTARIORNIS STRESEMANNI;

EID: 84866445020     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-012-0832-4     Document Type: Article

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