Life-history and ecological correlates of population change in Dutch breeding birds

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 173-181

  Van Turnhout, Chris A M ^a,b   Foppen, Ruud P B ^a,c   Leuven, Rob S E W ^b   Van Strien, Arco ^d   Siepel, Henk ^b,e  

^a SOVON DUTCH CENTRE FOR FIELD ORNITHOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c European Bird Census Council   (United Kingdom)

^d STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological traits; Comparative method; Functional homogenization; Global change; Habitat specialization; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVERSITY INDEX; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EUTROPHICATION; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT SELECTION; HOMOGENEITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; DUTCH HARBOR; FOX ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; UNALASKA ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 71949089135     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.09.023     Document Type: Article

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