Using landscape ecology to test hypotheses about large-scale abundance patterns in migratory birds

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 28-35

  Flather, Curtis H ^a   Sauer, John R ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern USA forests; Forest fragmentation; Land use impacts; Landscape ecology; Landscape structure; Neotropical migrant birds; Regional analysis; Spatial and temporal correlations

Indexed keywords

AVES;

ABUNDANCE PATTERN; FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MIGRATORY BIRD;

USA, (NORTHEAST); USA, (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 0030389901     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265651     Document Type: Article

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