Habitat, topographical, and geographical components structuring shrubsteppe bird communities

Ecography

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 389-400

  Knick, Steven T ^a   Rotenberry, John T ^b   Leu, Matthias ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SITE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GIS; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LAND USE CHANGE; SHRUB; STEPPE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; JUNIPERUS; PINUS EDULIS;

EID: 44849110931     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2008.05391.x     Document Type: Article

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