Matrix matters: Effects of Surrounding Land Uses on Forest Birds Near Ottawa, Canada

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 497-511

  Dunford, Wendy ^a,b   Freemark, Kathryn ^a,b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensity; Forest birds; Land use; Matrix; Multi scale; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; DECIDUOUS FOREST; LAND USE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; OTTAWA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES;

EID: 26244443526     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-004-5650-5     Document Type: Article

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