Habitat specialization of birds in the Czech Republic: Comparison of objective measures with expert opinion

Bird Study

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 197-212

  Reif, Jiří ^a   Jiguet, Frédéric ^b   Šťastný, Karel ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; GENERALIST; HABITAT TYPE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MONITORING SYSTEM; NICHE BREADTH; SPECIALIST; SPECIALIZATION;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

AVES;

EID: 77954006081     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650903477046     Document Type: Article

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