Woodlarks Lullula arborea and landscape heterogeneity created by land abandonment

Bird Study

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-106

  Sirami, Clelia ^a,b,c   Brotons, Lluis ^a,d   Martin, Jean Louis ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL LAND; DATA SET; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MAPPING METHOD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; RANGE EXPANSION; REMOTE SENSING; SHRUBLAND; SONGBIRD; TERRITORIALITY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

AVES; LULLULA ARBOREA;

EID: 79951894848     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2010.532861     Document Type: Article

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