Independent effects of fragmentation on forest songbirds: An organism-based approach

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1076-1089

  Betts, Matthew G ^a,c   Forbes, Graham J ^a   Diamond, Antony W ^a   Taylor, Philip D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Blackburnian Warbler; Dendroica fusca; Edge effect; Forest mosaic; Fragmentation; Habitat loss; Landscape composition; Matrix; Organism based study; Ovenbird; Patch size; Seiurus aurocapilla

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MOSAIC; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; SONGBIRD; TREE;

ANIMALS; SONGBIRDS; TREES;

DENDROICA FUSCA; PASSERI; SEIURUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS;

EID: 33745997653     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[1076:IEOFOF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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