Evidence of evolutionary homogenization of bird communities in urban environments across Europe

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1284-1293

  Morelli, Federico ^a   Benedetti, Yanina ^b   Ibáñez Álamo, Juan Diego ^c,d   Jokimäki, Jukka ^e   Mänd, Raivo ^f   Tryjanowski, Piotr ^g   Møller, Anders Pape ^h  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b Centro Naturalistico Sammarinese   (San Marino)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^g POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Biotic homogenization; bird species richness; conservation; evolutionary distinctiveness; evolutionary homogenization; urbanization

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; BIRD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; URBANIZATION;

EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 84978099948     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12486     Document Type: Article

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