Wallacea and its nectarivorous birds: nestedness and modules

• Published in: Journal of biogeography Vol. 36; no. 8; pp. 1540 - 1550
• Main Authors: Carstensen, Daniel W., Olesen, Jens M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2009; Blackwell Publishing; Blackwell
• Subjects: algorithms; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Aves; Biogeography; Biological and medical sciences; Bird nesting; Birds; Cluster analysis; Fauna; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; geographic distribution; honeyeater; Indonesia; islands; Islands near and Far; Meliphagidae; Modularity; nectar feeding; Nectariniidae; nestedness; Sea birds; Seas; simulated annealing; Species; sunbird; Synecology; temperature; Vertebrates: general zoology, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, cytogenetics, geographical distribution; Asia; Indonesia; Cluster analysis; Nectariniidae; simulated annealing; Biogeography; sunbird; Nectarivorous; Vertebrata; modularity; Geographic distribution; Nested subset; Meliphagidae; honeyeater; Aves; Module; Species richness; Indonesia

Aim Wallacea, the vast oceanic boundary between the Oriental and Australian regions, contains 122 true nectarivorous bird species. It is the contact zone of the Oriental sunbirds and the Australian honeyeaters, and at least three more true nectarivorous families are resident in the region. An island...