Extinctions and the loss of ecological function in island bird communities

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 679-688

  Boyer, Alison G ^a,b   Jetz, Walter ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community assembly; Conservation; Ecosystem services; Functional diversity; Palaeoecology; Resilience

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EXTINCTION; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84898545562     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12147     Document Type: Article

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