Riparian bird response to vegetation structure: A multiscale analysis using LiDAR measurements of canopy height

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1848-1857

  Seavy, Nathaniel E ^a,b   Viers, Joshua H ^b   Wood, Julian K ^a  

^a PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California's central valley (usa); Habitat model; Lidar; Remote sensing; Riparian, songbirds; Spatial scales; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; LIDAR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SONGBIRD; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; SONGBIRD; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RIVERS; SONGBIRDS; TREES;

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 70349336779     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1124.1     Document Type: Article

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