A multi-scaled analysis of avian response to habitat amount and fragmentation in the Canadian dry mixed-grass prairie

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1045-1059

  Koper, Nicola ^a,b   Schmiegelow, Fiona K K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Akaike's Information Criterion; Canada; Habitat loss and fragmentation; Mixed effects models; Mixed grass prairie; Model selection; Nest success; Prairie birds; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; NEST STRUCTURE; PRAIRIE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ANAS; AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 33749393951     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-006-0004-0     Document Type: Article

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