Seasonality drives global-scale diversity patterns in waterfowl (Anseriformes) via temporal niche exploitation

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 550-562

  Dalby, Lars ^a   Mcgill, Brian J ^b   Fox, Anthony David ^a   Svenning, Jens Christian ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatidae; Bird species richness; Climate; Latitudinal diversity gradient; Migratory birds; NDVI; Productivity; Seasonality; Winter range

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BREEDING SEASON; CLIMATE EFFECT; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NDVI; NICHE; SEASONALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATERFOWL; WINTER;

ANATIDAE; ANSERIFORMES; AVES;

EID: 84897078479     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12154     Document Type: Article

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