Stochastic and deterministic drivers of spatial and temporal turnover in breeding bird communities

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 202-212

  Stegen, James C ^a,b   Freestone, Amy L ^c   Crist, Thomas O ^d   Anderson, Marti J ^e   Chase, Jonathan M ^f   Comita, Liza S ^g   Cornell, Howard V ^h   Davies, Kendi F ⁱ   Harrison, Susan P ^h   Hurlbert, Allen H ^a   Inouye, Brian D ^j   Kraft, Nathan J B ^k   Myers, Jonathan A ^f   Sanders, Nathan J ^l,m   Swenson, Nathan G ⁿ   Vellend, Mark ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Temple University   (United States)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^j FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁿ MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Avian; Beta diversity; Community assembly; Competition; Environmental filtering; Neutral; Niche; Null model

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

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EID: 84872161382     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2012.00780.x     Document Type: Article

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