Niche conservatism constrains Australian honeyeater assemblages in stressful environments

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1186-1194

  Miller, E T ^a,b   Zanne, A E ^c,d   Ricklefs, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid zone; Australia; Biodiversity gradients; Community assembly; Meliphagidae; Phyloclimatespace; Phylogenetic clustering; Phylogenetic niche conservatism; Phylogenetic structure; Range size

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELIPHAGIDAE;

EID: 84931749096     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12156     Document Type: Article

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