Wildfires and the expansion of threatened farmland birds: The ortolan bunting Emberiza hortulana in Mediterranean landscapes

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1059-1066

  Brotons, Lluís ^a,b   Herrando, Sergi ^b   Pons, Pere ^c  

^a Centre Tecnologic Forestal de Catalunya   (Spain)

^b Museu de Zoologia   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atlas data; Colonization; Dispersal; Disturbance; Farmland birds; Generalized linear models; Local extinction

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ATLAS; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXTINCTION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PASSERINE; WILDFIRE;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; EMBERIZA HORTULANA;

EID: 46749159247     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01467.x     Document Type: Article

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