Relationships of songbird occupation with habitat configuration and bird abundance in patchy reed beds

Ardea

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-98

  Paracuellos, Mariano ^a  

^a JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

'nested' pattern; Conservation; Habitat patchiness; Occupancy abundance relationship; Passerines; Reed beds; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; PASSERINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33745564682     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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