Edge effects in the great tit: Analyses of long-term data with GIS techniques

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1207-1217

  Wilkin, Teddy A ^a   Garant, Dany ^b   Gosler, Andrew G ^a   Sheldon, Ben C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breeding density; Ecotone; Habitat quality; Nest predation; Nesting success

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; ECOTONE; EDGE EFFECT; GIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; NEST PREDATION; NESTING SUCCESS; PASSERINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WYTHAM WOODS;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 34648831529     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00767.x     Document Type: Article

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