Ecological traits reveal functional nestedness of bird communities in habitat islands: a global survey
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T. J. Matthews ([email protected]), H. E. W. Cottee Jones and R. J. Whittaker, Conservation Biogeography and Macroecology Programme, School of Geography and the Environment, Univ. of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY, UK. TJM also at: CE3C – Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes/Azorean Biodiversity Group and Univ. dos A ç ores –Depto de Ci ê ncias Agr á rias, PT-9700-042, Angra do Hero í smo, A ç ores, Portugal. RJW also at: Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Dept of Biology, Univ. of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø , Denmark. – C. Sheard, T. P. Bregman and J. A. Tobias, Edward Grey Inst., Dept of Zoology, Univ. of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.
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