A consistent occupancy–climate relationship across birds and mammals of the Americas

Oikos

Volumn 123, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1029-1036

  Boucher Lalonde, Véronique ^a   Morin, Antoine ^a   Currie, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84897149764     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/oik.01277     Document Type: Editorial

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