Ecological traits influence the phylogenetic structure of bird species co-occurrences worldwide

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 811-820

  Barnagaud, Jean Yves ^a   Daniel Kissling, W ^b   Sandel, Brody ^a   Eiserhardt, Wolf L ^a   Şekercioǧlu, Çaǧan H ^c,d   Enquist, Brian J ^e,f   Tsirogiannis, Constantinos ^a   Svenning, Jens Christian ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d Department of Biology University of Utah ^*  (Turkey)

^e University of Arizona   (United States)

^f SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversification; Functional traits; Geographical range; Macroecology; Phylogenetic community structure; Phylogenetic fields; Species coexistence

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERGENCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MACROECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; DIVERSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE; MACROECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETIC COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PHYLOGENETIC FIELDS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES COEXISTENCE;

DIVERSIFICATION; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE; MACROECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETIC COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PHYLOGENETIC FIELDS; SPECIES COEXISTENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84901696383     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12285     Document Type: Article

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