Population dynamics of songbirds in the boreal mixedwood forests of Alberta, Canada: Estimating minimum and maximum extents of spatial population synchrony

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 543-553

  Toms, Judith D ^a,b   Hannon, Susan J ^a   Schmiegelow, Fiona K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass; Boreal birds; Boreal mixedwood forest; Passeriformes; Population dynamics; Sampling design; Spatial autocorrelation; Spatial scale; Temporal variation; Territory size

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCALE EFFECT; SONGBIRD; SYNCHRONY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; VERMIVORA PEREGRINA;

EID: 26244442508     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-004-5038-6     Document Type: Article

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