Introductions do not compensate for functional and phylogenetic losses following extinctions in insular bird assemblages

Ecology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1091-1100

  Sobral, Fernando L ^a   Lees, Alexander C ^b   Cianciaruso, Marcus V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; beta diversity; biological conservation; community assembly; compensation; functional diversity; phylogenetic diversity; species gain; species loss; turnover

Indexed keywords

AVES;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISLANDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 85027928666     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12646     Document Type: Letter

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