Nest site selection and the effects of land use in a multi-scale approach on the distribution of a passerine in an island arid environment

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1408-1412

  Illera, J C ^a   von Wehrden, H ^b,c   Wehner, J ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology   (Austria)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bird habitat relationships; Canary islands stonechat; Geographical information systems; Landsat; Maxent model; Saxicola dacotiae

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BREEDING SEASON; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GIS; LAND USE; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSAT; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROTECTED AREA; SITE SELECTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; URBANIZATION;

CANARY ISLANDS; FUERTEVENTURA; LAS PALMAS; SPAIN;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; SAXICOLA DACOTIAE;

EID: 77956232417     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.04.012     Document Type: Article

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