Putting density back into the habitat-quality equation: Case study of an open-nesting forest bird

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1550-1557

  Pérot, Aurore ^a   Villard, Marc André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Density productivity relationship; Ecological traps; Habitat selection; Managed forest landscapes; Neotropical migrant bird conservation; Ovenbird; Seiurus aurocapilla

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; DECISION MAKING; FLEDGING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HARVESTING; NEST PREDATION; NESTING; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; HOMING BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; SEIURUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS;

EID: 70450235202     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01272.x     Document Type: Article

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