Species-specific responses of woodland birds to stand-level habitat characteristics: The dual importance of forest structure and floristics

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1224-1240

  Hewson, Chris M ^a   Austin, Graham E ^a   Gough, Su J ^a   Fuller, Robert J ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird assemblages; Conservation; Forest biodiversity; Habitat associations; Habitat heterogeneity; Vegetation complexity

Indexed keywords

BIRD DISTRIBUTION; BIRD SPECIES; BRITAIN; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STRATEGIES; FOREST BIODIVERSITY; FOREST STRUCTURE; GREAT BRITAIN; GROWTH STAGES; HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS; HABITAT HETEROGENEITY; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT VARIABLES; HABITAT VARIATION; KEY ELEMENTS; MANAGED FOREST; MASKING EFFECT; NUMBER OF SPECIES; PLANT SPECIES COMPOSITION; SHRUB LAYERS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; STRUCTURAL FACTOR; UNDERSTOREY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WIDE SPECTRUM;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; LAKES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FLORISTICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; POPULATION DECLINE; SHRUB; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; UNDERSTORY; WOODLAND;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAKES; PLANTS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES;

EID: 79951958106     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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