Species richness of breeding birds at a landscape scale: Which habitat type is the most important?

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-54

  Skórka, Piotr ^a   Martyka, Rafał ^a   Wójcik, Joanna D ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Birds; Habitat selection; Landscape scale; Regional studies; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AVES;

EID: 33746153207     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/068.041.0111     Document Type: Article

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