Habitat loss and fragmentation in dynamic landscapes: Avian perspectives from the boreal forest

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 375-389

  Schmiegelow, Fiona K A ^a   Mönkkönen, Mikko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boreal birds; Boreal forest; Canada; Dynamic landscapes; Finland; Forest harvesting; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat loss; Random sample hypothesis

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BOREAL FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING;

CANADA; FENNOSCANDIA;

AVES; CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0036557494     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[0375:hlafid]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Review

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