The role of mountain ranges in the diversification of birds

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 249-265

  Fjeldså, Jon ^a   Bowie, Rauri C K ^b   Rahbek, Carsten ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

birds; global; marine impacts; mountains; persistence; speciation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; EXTINCTION; MOUNTAIN; PERSISTENCE; RESILIENCE; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 84874592304     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102710-145113     Document Type: Review

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