Cryptic loss of montane avian richness and high community turnover over 100 years

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 598-609

  Tingley, Morgan W ^a,b,c   Beissinger, Steven R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; California; Climate change; Detectability; Elevational gradient; Hierarchical model; Resurvey; Richness loss; Sierra nevada; Turnover; USA

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CRYPSIS; ELEVATION; ORNITHOLOGY; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES RICHNESS; TURNOVER; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CALIFORNIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 84876142323     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0928.1     Document Type: Article

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