The spatial distribution of birds and carabid beetles in pine plantation forests: The role of landscape composition and structure

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 652-664

  Barbaro, Luc ^a   Rossi, Jean Pierre ^a   Vetillard, Fabrice ^a   Nezan, Julien ^a   Jactel, Hervé ^a  

^a UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

Author keywords

Birds; Carabid beetles; Landscape composition; Landscape structure; Mesoscale; Plantation forests; South western France; Spatial pattern; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; EVERGREEN TREE; FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT MOSAIC; HEATHLAND; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PITFALL TRAP; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; SUCCESSION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GASCONY; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 33947645886     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01656.x     Document Type: Article

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