Area sensitivity in grassland passerines: Effects of patch size, patch shape, and vegetation structure on bird abundance and occurrence in southern Saskatchewan

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1130-1145

  Davis, Stephen K ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b Saskatchewan Watershed Authority   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PASSERINE; PATCH DYNAMICS; PATCH SIZE; PRAIRIE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMMODRAMUS; AMMODRAMUS BAIRDII; AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM; ANTHUS; ANTHUS SPRAGUEII; AVES; CALCARIUS; CALCARIUS ORNATUS; EREMOPHILA; EREMOPHILA ALPESTRIS; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS AENEUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; SPIZELLA; SPIZELLA PALLIDA; STURNELLA; STURNELLA NEGLECTA;

EID: 7644224584     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090481     Document Type: Article

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