Assessing the response of open-habitat bird species to landscape changes in Mediterranean mosaics

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-119

  Vallecillo, Sara ^a   Brotons, Lluís ^a,b   Herrando, Sergi ^b  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Zoologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fire disturbance; Habitat gradient; Habitat selection; Heterogeneity; Land abandonment; Landscape context; Open habitat; Response curves

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; HABITAT USE; LAND USE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES;

EID: 38149092379     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9233-z     Document Type: Article

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