Territory size and overlap in male Ovenbirds: Contrasting a fragmented and contiguous boreal forest

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1774-1781

  Mazerolle, Daniel F ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; BIOMASS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIO SYSTEMS; TRACKING (POSITION);

ARTHROPOD BIOMASS; BOREAL FORESTS; CONSPECIFICS; OVENBIRDS;

BIODIVERSITY;

AGE; BODY SIZE; BOREAL FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NICHE OVERLAP; PASSERINE; TERRITORY;

ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT; BIOMASS; BIRDS; DENSITY; FORESTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POSITION; RADIO WAVES;

ARTHROPODA; SEIURUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS;

EID: 16844382356     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z04-175     Document Type: Article

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