Bird species distributions across woodland canopy structure gradients

Community Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-110

  Hinsley, S A ^a   Hill, R A ^a,c   Fuller, R J ^b   Bellamy, P E ^a   Rothery, P ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird habitat associations; Canopy height and cover; Forest management; Light detection and ranging (LiDAR); Remote sensing and ecology

Indexed keywords

COPPICE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STAND STRUCTURE; VEGETATION COVER; WOODLAND;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 68049147521     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.10.2009.1.12     Document Type: Article

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