Taxonomic, phylogenetic, and trait beta diversity in south American hummingbirds

American Naturalist

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 211-224

  Weinstein, Ben G ^a   Tinoco, Boris ^a   Parra, Juan Luis ^b   Brown, Leone M ^c   McGuire, Jimmy A ^d   Gary Stiles, F ^e   Graham, Catherine H ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Clade turnover; Elevation; Environment; Gradients; Isolation

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; COLOMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; COLOMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84904797504     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/676991     Document Type: Article

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