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Niche Size and Faunal Diversity
Abstract
1. As one proceeds from North Temperate regions towards the Tropics, the proportion of non-passerines in the avifauna increases. 2. The number of individuals per species for a given area decreases towards the tropics for the passerines but not for the non-passerines. 3. At all latitudes, however, non-passerines are less abundant than passerines. This is interpreted as support for the notion that the phylogenetically older non-passerines species are insufficiently plastic in their niche requirements to colonize temperate areas, tropical niches being smaller and less subject to change.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Klopfer, P. H., & MacArthur, R. H.
- Venue
- The American Naturalist
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 1960-07
- Volume
- 94
- Issue
- 877
- Pages
- 293-300
- ISSN
- 0003-0147 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-5323
- OpenAlex
- W2020931157
- Cited by
- 180
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 1.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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