Distribution patterns of boreal marshland birds: Modelling the relationships to land cover and climate

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1957-1970

  Virkkala, Raimo ^a   Luoto, Miska ^a   Heikkinen, Risto K ^a   Leikola, Niko ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Birds; Climatic variables; Clumping; Distribution; Finland; Generalized additive model; Land cover; Marshland; Prediction; Receiver operating characteristic

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIRD; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LAND COVER; MARSH; POPULATION SIZE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RED LIST; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SHORELINE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVEY; WETLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; AVES; BOTAURUS STELLARIS; CIRCUS AERUGINOSUS; RALLUS AQUATICUS;

EID: 33745290206     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01326.x     Document Type: Article

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