A test of the mechanisms behind avian generalized individuals-area relationships

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 303-317

  Pautasso, Marco ^a,b   Gaston, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Census technique; Density; Plot size; Point counts; Population sampling; Scale dependence; Species area; Survey methodology; Territory mapping

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIRD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

AVES;

EID: 33646202764     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2006.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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