Relationships of bird community structure and species distributions to two environmental gradients in the northern boreal forest

Ecography

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 194-208

  Welsh, Daniel A ^a   Lougheed, Stephen C ^a,b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD COMMUNITY; BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HABITAT BREADTH; HABITAT SPECIALIZATION;

CANADA, ONTARIO, GREAT CLAY BELT;

EID: 0030469456     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1996.tb00168.x     Document Type: Article

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