Stochasticity as an alternative to deterministic explanations for patterns of habitat use by birds

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 287-302

  Campbell, Steven P ^a   Witham, Jack W ^a   Hunter Jr , Malcolm L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrowsic island; Avoidance constraints; Birds; Frequency landscapes; Habitat use; Kennebec river; Maine; Null models; Preference constraints; Spatiotemporal variation; Stochasticity; USA

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; SITE FIDELITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

MAINE; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 77951753320     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-2366.1     Document Type: Article

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