Testing large-scale hypotheses using surveys: The effects of land use on the habitats, invertebrates and birds of Himalayan rivers

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 756-770

  Manel, S ^a   Buckton, S T ^b   Ormerod, S J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Catchment scale; Habitat structure; Land use; Logistic regression; Species' distribution

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVERTEBRATE; LAND USE; RIVER;

INDIA;

EID: 0033666408     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2000.00537.x     Document Type: Article

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