Desert bird associations with broad-scale boundary length: Applications in avian conservation

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 873-882

  Gutzwiller, Kevin J ^a   Barrow Jr , Wylie C ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Assemblage structure; Chihuahuan Desert; Disproportionate associations; Land cover boundaries; Landscape management; Regression models; Roadside boundaries

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 42949092554     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01450.x     Document Type: Article

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