Functional and phylogenetic diversity and assemblage structure of frugivorous birds along an elevational gradient in the tropical Andes

Ecography

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1047-1055

  Dehling, D Matthias ^a   Fritz, Susanne A ^a   Töpfer, Till ^a,b   Päckert, Martin ^a   Estler, Patrizia ^a,c   Böhning Gaese, Katrin ^a,d   Schleuning, Matthias ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COEXISTENCE; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRUGIVORY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GUILD; MOUNTAIN REGION; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRANSITION ZONE; TROPICAL REGION;

ANDES;

AVES;

EID: 84908380743     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.00623     Document Type: Article

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