The influences of habitat, landscape structure and climate on local distribution patterns of the nuthatch (Sitta europaea L.)

Oecologia

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 127-136

  Bellamy, P E ^a   Brown, N J ^a   Enoksson, B ^b   Firbank, L G ^a   Fuller, R J ^c   Hinsley, S A ^a   Schotman, A G M ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate space; Dispersal; Isolation; Metapopulation; Population viability

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLIMATE; DISTRIBUTION PATTERN; HABITAT QUALITY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE;

UK, ENGLAND;

SITTA EUROPAEA;

EID: 0031841995     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050499     Document Type: Article

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