Birds in agricultural mosaics: The influence of landscape pattern and countryside heterogeneity

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 185-196

  Haslem, Angie ^a   Bennett, Andrew F ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agro ecosystems; Australia; Countryside biogeography; Farmland birds; Landscape structure; Matrix habitats; Production landscapes; Spatial configuration; Woodland birds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIRD; COMPLEMENTARITY; CONSERVATION STATUS; HABITAT MOSAIC; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODLAND;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AVES;

EID: 40849098176     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0692.1     Document Type: Article

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