Altitudinal limits of Eastern Himalayan birds are created by competition past and present.

ABSTRACT: The degree to which interspecific competition structures diverse communities is an oft-debated topic. An approach to answering this question is to examine spatial patterns of coexistence among putatively competing species. The degree to which interspecies competition predominates in a community can have important effects on our ability predict the response of that community to perturbations, most notably climate change, when shifting species' ranges may result in novel species assemblages. We present a study on the avifauna of the Eastern Himalayas. We hypothesize that in a community where competitive interactions predominate, there will be a relationship between pairwise altitudinal overlaps and morphological differences between species. Moreover, we hypothesize that both morphological tr

SUBMITTER: Surya GS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6619601 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature