Site fidelity in the Canary Islands stonechat Saxicola dacotiae in relation to spatial and temporal patterns of habitat suitability

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Illera, Juan Carlos ^a   Díaz, Mario ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arid ecology; Canary Islands stonechat; Fuerteventura; Habitat quality; Saxicola dacotiae; Semiarid habitat; Site faithfulness; Spatial homogeneity

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; HOME RANGE; ISLAND; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEMIARID REGION; SITE FIDELITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; SAXICOLA DACOTIAE;

EID: 48549095435     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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