The use of GIS in estimating spatial variation in habitat quality: A case study of lay-date in the Great Tit Parus major

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Volumn 149, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 110-118

  Wilkin, Teddy A ^a   Perrins, Christopher M ^a   Sheldon, Ben C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspect; Digital terrain model; Tessellation; Thiessen; Voronoi

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GIS; HABITAT QUALITY; PASSERINE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

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

AVES; PARUS MAJOR; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 36448968250     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00757.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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