Ghosts of habitats past: Contribution of landscape change to current habitats used by shrubland birds

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 220-227

  Knick, Steven T ^a   Rotenberry, John T ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds, passerine; Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri); Geographic Information Systems; Habitat association model; Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris); Idaho, USA; Landscape change; Remote sensing, Sage Sparrow (Amphispiza belli); Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus); Shrubsteppe; Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta); Wildfire

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PASSERINE;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

AMPHISPIZA BELLI; EREMOPHILA ALPESTRIS; OREOSCOPTES MONTANUS; SPIZELLA BREWERI;

EID: 0033950048     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0220:GOHPCO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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