Spatial patterns of bird community similarity: Bird responses to landscape composition and configuration in the Atlantic forest

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 147-158

  Zurita, Gustavo A ^a   Bellocq, M Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Birds; Community similarity; Forest loss; Fragmentation; Land use; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST COVER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; REGIONAL PLANNING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD;

ATLANTIC FOREST;

AVES; BOS;

EID: 73649132628     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-009-9410-4     Document Type: Article

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