Relationships among North American songbird trends, habitat fragmentation, and landscape occupancy

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 364-374

  Donovan, Therese M ^a,c   Flather, Curtis H ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Area sensitivity; Breeding Bird Survey; Forest passerines; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat selection; Landscape occupancy; Macroecology; Neotropical migratory birds; Population trends

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; FECUNDITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES;

AVES; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; EMPIDONAX VIRESCENS; HELMITHEROS VERMIVORUS; HYLOCICHLA MUSTELINA; IMPLETA; INDIGOFERA; OPORORNIS FORMOSUS; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; PASSERINA CYANEA; PIRANGA OLIVACEA; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS; VIREO OLIVACEUS; WILSONIA CITRINA;

EID: 0036557604     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[0364:ranast]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Review

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