Opposing mechanisms drive richness patterns of core and transient bird species

American Naturalist

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Coyle, Jessica R ^a   Hurlbert, Allen H ^a   White, Ethan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Birds; Local environment; Mass effects; Occupancy; Spatial heterogeneity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HABITAT USE; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VIABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AVES;

EID: 84875518282     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669903     Document Type: Article

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