Thresholds in selection of breeding habitat by the Eurasian treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 443-452

  Suorsa, Petri ^a   Huhta, Esa ^a   Jäntti, Ari ^b   Nikula, Ari ^c   Helle, Heikki ^b   Kuitunen, Markku ^b   Koivunen, Vesa ^d   Hakkarainen, Harri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d LAUREA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Forest cover; Fragmentation; GIS; Habitat loss; Habitat selection; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; GIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PASSERINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CERTHIA; CERTHIA FAMILIARIS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 4344677103     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.05.014     Document Type: Article

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