Abundance-occupancy dynamics in a human dominated environment: Linking interspecific and intraspecific trends in British farmland and woodland birds

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 123-134

  Webb, Thomas J ^a   Noble, David ^b   Freckleton, Robert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ecosystem function; Human impacts; Macroecology; Metapopulations; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; MACROECOLOGY; RARE SPECIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WOODLAND;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 33845907659     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01192.x     Document Type: Article

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