Scale-dependent response by breeding songbirds to residential development along Lake Superior

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 296-306

  Ford, Michelle T ^a,b   Flaspohler, David J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; SCALE EFFECT; SHORELINE CHANGE; SONGBIRD;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SUPERIOR;

AVES; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; DENDROICA VIRENS; PASSERI; SITTA CANADENSIS; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS; VIREO OLIVACEUS;

EID: 77952471167     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/09-137.1     Document Type: Article

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