Long-term effects of fragmentation and fragment properties on bird species richness in Hawaiian forests

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 280-288

  Flaspohler, David J ^a   Giardina, Christian P ^b   Asner, Gregory P ^c   Hart, Patrick ^d   Price, Jonathan ^d   Lyons, Cassie Ka'apu ^e   Castaneda, Xeronimo ^f  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^e NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acacia koa; Area sensitivity; Exotic birds; Hawaiian mid elevation forests; Honeycreepers; Kipuka; LiDAR; Metrosideros polymorpha; Natural fragmentation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIDAR; NATIVE SPECIES; PASSERINE; PATCH USE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ACACIA; ACACIA KOA; AVES; METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 73649135699     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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