Phylogenetic patterns of climatic, habitat and trophic niches in a European avian assemblage

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 414-424

  Pearman, Peter B ^a   Lavergne, Sébastien ^b   Roquet, Cristina ^b   Wüest, Rafael ^a   Zimmermann, Niklaus E ^a   Thuiller, Wilfried ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Birds; Brownian motion; Comparative method; Disparity through time; Ecological diversification; Europe; Macroecological sampling; Niche conservatism; Phylogenetic signal

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CLIMATE EFFECT; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT QUALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NICHE; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 84896724629     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12127     Document Type: Article

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