Spatial association between forest heterogeneity and breeding territory boundaries of two forest songbirds

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 591-601

  St Louis, Véronique ^a   Fortin, Marie Josée ^b   Desrochers, André ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Edge; Forest heterogeneity; Overlap statistics; Qu bec; Redundancy analysis; Soft boundaries; Songbirds; Temperate forest; Territory delineation

Indexed keywords

FOREST DYNAMICS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; SONGBIRD; TERRITORIAL DELIMITATION; VEGETATION COVER;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; DENDROICA; DENDROICA CAERULESCENS; FILICOPHYTA; GALLIFORMES; PASSERI; SEIURUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS;

EID: 7744239993     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:LAND.0000042849.63040.a9     Document Type: Article

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