Multi-scale study of bird species distribution and of their response to vegetation change: A Mediterranean example

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 747-764

  Coreau, Audrey ^a   Martin, Jean Louis ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Island; Land use change; Landscape; Scale; Terrestrial bird community; Variance decomposition; Vegetation composition and structure

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; LAND USE CHANGE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SONGBIRD; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ITALY; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 34247559780     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-006-9074-2     Document Type: Article

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