Habitat associations and survey effort for shrubland birds in an urban pine barrens preserve

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 218-225

  Bried, Jason T ^a   Langwig, Kate E ^b,d   Dewan, Amielle A ^c   Gifford, Neil A ^a  

^a Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^c Defenders of Wildlife   (United States)

^d Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection probability; Habitat management; Indicator; Occupancy; Sampling design; Urban ecosystem

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; ECOSYSTEMS; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS);

DETECTION PROBABILITIES; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; OCCUPANCY; SAMPLING DESIGN; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

SURVEYS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; OCCUPATION; POPULATION DECLINE; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; SHRUBLAND; SUCCESSION; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 78651443045     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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