Deciduous habitat fragmentation caused by a larch plantation matrix matters to birds in deciduous habitats

Ornithological Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 67-78

  Yamaura, Yuichi ^a   Katoh, Kazuhiro ^b   Takahashi, Toshimori ^c  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Between patch distance; Flycatcher; Habitat connectivity; Habitat elongation; Habitat loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449122793     PISSN: 13470558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2326/1347-0558(2007)6[67:DHFCBA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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