Can climate explain interannual local extinctions among bird species?

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 443-451

  Boucher Lalonde, Véronique ^a   Thériault, Francois L ^b   Currie, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abundant centre hypothesis; Bird species richness; Breeding Bird Survey; Climate dependent extinction; Extirpation; Geographical range; Local extinction; North America; Optimum temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893725733     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12232     Document Type: Article

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