Bird responses to broad-leaved forest patch area in a plantation landscape across seasons

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2155-2165

  Yamaura, Yuichi ^a   Ikeno, Susumu ^b   Sano, Makoto ^a   Okabe, Kimiko ^a   Ozaki, Kenichi ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Wild Bird Society of Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

Area sensitive species; Ecological trait; Habitat fragmentation; Plantation matrix; Threshold; Wintering season

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY MASS; BREEDING SEASON; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PATCH USE; PLANTATION; PRIORITIZATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 68349133647     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.04.015     Document Type: Article

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