Cumulative effects of barriers on the movements of forest birds

Ecology and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Bélisle, Marc ^a,b   St Clair, Colleen Cassady ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Banff National Park; Barriers; Connectivity; Corridor; Forest cover; Fragmentation; Golden crowned Kinglet; Habitat loss; Movement of forest birds; Red breasted Nuthatch; Roads; Yellow rumped Warbler

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249097983     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00312-050209     Document Type: Article

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