Influences of population size and woodland area on bird species distributions in small woods

Oecologia

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 100-106

  Hinsley, S A ^a   Bellamy, P E ^a   Newton, I ^a   Sparks, T H ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird species distributions; Habitat fragmentation; Incidence function; Random placement; Regional abundance

Indexed keywords

BLACKBIRD; BREEDING BIRD; CHIFFCHAFF; GREAT TIT; LONG-TAILED TIT; MARSH TIT; POPULATION SIZE; ROBIN; WOODLAND; WREN;

UK, ENGLAND;

AEGITHALOS CAUDATUS; ERITHACUS RUBECULA; PARUS MAJOR; PARUS PALUSTRIS; PHYLLOSCOPUS COLLYBITA; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 0029669150     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00328797     Document Type: Article

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