Landscape size affects the relative importance of habitat amount, habitat fragmentation, and matrix quality on forest birds

Ecography

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-113

  Smith, Adam C ^a   Fahrig, Lenore ^a   Francis, Charles M ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BIRD; FOREST COVER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PASSERINE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATISTICAL APPLICATION;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

AVES; CATHARUS FUSCESCENS; SEIURUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS;

EID: 79952432750     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06201.x     Document Type: Article

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