Forest edges and habitat selection in birds: A functional approach

Ecography

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 247-260

  McCollin, Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST; HABITAT SELECTION;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0031811095     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1998.tb00562.x     Document Type: Article

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