Species distribution models indicate contrasting late-Quaternary histories for Southern and Northern Hemisphere bird species

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 277-288

  Huntley, Brian ^a   Allen, Judy R M ^a   Barnard, Phoebe ^b,c   Collingham, Yvonne C ^a   Holliday, Phyllida R ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agulhas Plain; British Isles; Fynbos endemic birds; HadCM3; Lagopus lagopus scotica; Loxia scoticus; LPJ GUESS; Peri glacial survival; Phylogeography; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FYNBOS; HINDCASTING; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL;

AGULHAS PLAIN; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN CAPE;

AVES; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; LOXIA;

EID: 84873951416     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00751.x     Document Type: Article

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