Relationship between bird abundances and landscape characteristics: The influence of scale

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 105, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 209-228

  Brennan, Sarah P ^a   Schnell, Gary D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue grosbeak; Cardinalidae; Dickcissel; Fractal dimension; Indigo bunting; Landscape; Multiple scales; Northern cardinal; Painted bunting; Scale continuum

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FORESTRY; FRACTALS; LANDFORMS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EDGE DENSITY; LANDSCAPES; MULTISCALE ANALYSIS; OPEN FORESTS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIRD; LANDSCAPE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; GEOGRAPHY; PASSERIFORMES; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

BIRDS; CORRELATION; FORESTS; METRIC SYSTEM; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; POLLUTION CONTROL;

AVES; CARDINALIDAE; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; GUIRACA CAERULEA; PASSERI; PASSERINA CIRIS; PASSERINA CYANEA; SPIZA AMERICANA;

EID: 21044438381     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-3694-x     Document Type: Article

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