Constraints on dispersal and the evolution of the avifauna of the Northern Hemisphere

• Published in: Evolutionary ecology Vol. 12; no. 7; pp. 767 - 783
• Main Authors: Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, González-Guzmán, Laura I., Brown, James H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Springer Nature B.V 01.10.1998
• Subjects: Aves; Avifauna; Biogeography; Bird migration; Geographical distribution; Mammals; Migratory birds; Regionalism

One could predict that the capacity for travelling great distances might predispose long-distance migratory birds to be good colonists and to exhibit wider geographic distributions than their non-migratory or short-distance migratory relatives or non-volant mammals. This prediction is not supported...