Bird assemblages in patchy woodlands: Modeling the effects of edge and matrix habitats

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1170-1180

  Sisk, Thomas D ^a,b   Haddad, Nick M ^a,c   Ehrlich, Paul R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird assemblages; California; Edge effects; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape heterogeneity; Matrix habitats; Population density; Spatial modeling

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; QUERCUS;

EID: 0001110550     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[1170:BAIPWM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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