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Titre :	Temperature differentially mediates species richness of birds of different biogeographic types
Auteurs :	Gregorio Moreno-Rueda, Auteur ; Manuel Pizarro, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Ardea (96(1) SPR 2008)
Article en page(s) :	115-120
Résumé :	This study explores the relationship between richness of bird species and climate in Spain, distinguishing groups of species according to biogeographic type. Species richness proved to be related to temperature but in a different way for each of the biogeographic groups. While controlling for other variables, species richness initially increased with temperature, but dropped when temperature increased further. As this drop was less strong in southern species than in northern species, a positive relationship between the percentage of southern species and temperature emerged. Moreover, the percentage of southern species varied with human population density, altitude range and precipitation in a quadratic way.

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