The relationship of tropical bird communities to tree species composition and vegetation structure along an Andean elevational gradient

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 950-962

  Jankowski, Jill E ^a   Merkord, Christopher L ^b   Rios, William Farfan ^c   Cabrera, Karina García ^c   Revilla, Norma Salinas ^d,e   Silman, Miles R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

Author keywords

Andes; Avian guilds; Beta diversity; Climate change; Habitat use; Montane forest; Neotropics; Nestedness; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELEVATION; GUILD; HABITAT USE; MONTANE FOREST; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NESTEDNESS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TURNOVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANDES; PERU;

AVES;

EID: 84876421407     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12041     Document Type: Article

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