A robust new method for analyzing community change and an example using 83 years of avian response to forest succession

Biological Conservation

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 381-389

  Etterson, Matthew A ^a   Etterson, Julie R ^a   Cuthbert, Francesca J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Department of Ecology Evolution and Behavior ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bird communities; Eastern deciduous forest; Forest succession; Rank permutation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SUCCESSION;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 34547544300     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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