Importance of spatial scale to habitat use by breeding birds in riparian forests: A hierarchical analysis

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 135-151

  Saab, Victoria ^a,b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid land riparian fragments; Bird abundance; Bird habitat relationships; Breeding bird assemblages; Cottonwood riparian birds; Edge specialists; Interior specialists; Landscape patterns; Spatial scale; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BREEDING POPULATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; RIPARIAN FOREST; SCALE EFFECT;

IDAHO; SNAKE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; POPULUS; RIPARIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0033081152     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0135:IOSSTH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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