Comparative dynamics of avian communities across edges and interiors of North American ecoregions

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 674-682

  Karanth, Krithi K ^a,b   Nichols, James D ^a   Sauer, John R ^a   Hines, James E ^a  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Bird conservation region; Breeding birds; Community dynamics; Detection probability; Ecoregions; Geographic scale; Habitat; Macroecology; USA

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MACROECOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 33645318449     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01392.x     Document Type: Article

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