Habitat selection as a hierarchical spatial process: The green woodpecker at the northern edge of its distribution range

Oecologia

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 116-129

  Rolstad, Jørund ^a   Løken, Beate ^b,c   Rolstad, Erlend ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c Royal Ministry of Agriculture   (Norway)

Author keywords

Boreal forests; Hierarchical habitat selection; Land use changes; Landscape scale; Picus viridis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE;

FORMICA RUFA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LASIUS FLAVUS; LASIUS NIGER; PICUS VIRIDIS; SERVIFORMICA;

EID: 0033852273     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050031     Document Type: Article

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