Usefulness of coarse grain data on forest management to improve bird abundance models

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-80

  Massimino, D ^a   Orioli, V ^a   Pizzardi, F ^a   Massa, R ^a   Bani, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Birds; Forest isolation; Forestry data; Generalized linear models; Habitat suitability models

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIRD; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING;

ITALY; LOMBARDY;

AEGITHALIDAE; AEGITHALOS CAUDATUS; AVES; CERTHIA BRACHYDACTYLA; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; PARUS PALUSTRIS; SITTA EUROPAEA;

EID: 77951155457     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000802658058     Document Type: Article

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