Intra-generic species richness and dispersal ability interact to determine geographic ranges of birds

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 223-232

  Laube, Irina ^a,c   Graham, Catherine H ^b   Böhning Gaese, Katrin ^a,c  

^a BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biotic interactions; Geographic range; Intra generic competition; Last Glacial Maximum; Species distribution model; Taxon age

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISPERSAL; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AVES; SYLVIA;

EID: 84872154285     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2012.00796.x     Document Type: Article

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