Food shortage in small fragments: Evidence from an area-sensitive passerine

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1654-1666

  Zanette, Liana ^a,b   Doyle, Paul ^a   Trémont, Steve M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscapes; Area sensitivity; Autecology; Conservation biology; Eopsaltria australis; Food limitation; Forest fragmentation; Impaired reproduction; Limiting factors; Passerines; Songbirds

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PASSERINE; PATCH SIZE; REPRODUCTION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EOPSALTRIA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 0033946992     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[1654:FSISFE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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