Do highly modified landscapes favour generalists at the expense of specialists? An example using woodland birds

Landscape Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 509-526

  Hinsley, Shelley A ^a   Hill, Ross A ^a,b   Bellamy, Paul ^a   Broughton, Richard K ^a   Harrison, Nancy M ^c   Mackenzie, Julia A ^c   Speakman, John R ^d   Ferns, Peter N ^e  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airborne remote sensing; Habitat fragmentation; Marsh tit; Parkland; Phenology

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; BIRD; GENERALIST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MOSAIC; HETEROGENEITY; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; MARSH; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIALIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AVES;

EID: 77957054952     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426390903177276     Document Type: Article

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