Ecological traits determine the affinity of birds to a larch plantation matrix, in montane Nagano, central Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 317-327

  Yamaura, Yuichi ^a   Amano, Tatsuya ^b   Katoh, Kazuhiro ^c  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fertility; Foraging group; Habitat replacement; Migratory behavior; Nesting height

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOLOGY; FERTILITY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOUNTAIN REGION; PLANTATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; NAGANO;

AVES; LARIX;

EID: 40349100306     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-007-0380-1     Document Type: Article

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