THE DISTRIBUTION OF BODY SIZES OF THE WORLDS BIRD SPECIES

被引：110

作者：

BLACKBURN, TM ^{[1
]}

GASTON, KJ ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] NAT HIST MUSEUM,DEPT ENTOMOL,LONDON SW7 5BD,ENGLAND

来源：

OIKOS | 1994年 / 70卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.2307/3545707

中图分类号：

Q14 [生态学（生物生态学）];

学科分类号：

071012 ; 0713 ;

摘要：

Data for more than 6000 species are used to determine the form of the frequency distribution of the body masses of all extant bird species. The distribution of known masses is strongly right-skewed, even on logarithmic axes, and the median bird mass is 37.6 grammes. We present evidence that this right-hand skew is a real property of the body mass distribution, and not the result of a biased sample of bird masses.

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