Effects of forest landscape change and management on the range expansion of forest bird species in the Mediterranean region

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1338-1346

  Gil Tena, Assu ^a   Brotons, Lluís ^b,c   Saura, Santiago ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Bird colonization; Forest fires; Forest maturation; Global change; Silvicultural treatments

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; EXPANSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; REFORESTATION;

AFFORESTATION; FOREST FIRES; FOREST MATURATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS;

BIRDS;

AFFORESTATION; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; RANGE EXPANSION; SILVICULTURE;

ANATOMY; BIRDS; DEFORESTATION; FOREST FIRES; FORESTATION; GEOLOGY; SILVICULTURE;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

AVES;

EID: 76649121184     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.10.026     Document Type: Article

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