Hierarchical analysis of forest bird species-environment relationships in the oregon coast range

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1090-1105

  Cushman, Samuel A ^a,b   McGarigal, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird communities; Canonical correspondence analysis; Community structure; Forest birds; Hierarchy; Multiple scale; Oregon Coast Range; Species habitat relationships; Variance partitioning; Vegetation cover type

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 4444354565     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5131     Document Type: Article

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