Can traits predict species' vulnerability? A test with farmland passerines in two continents

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1711, 2011, Pages 1532-1538

  Pocock, Michael J O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Ecological correlate; Farmland birds; Life history; Phylogenetic analysis; Trait

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FLEDGING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INCUBATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VULNERABILITY;

AVES;

EID: 79954522595     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1971     Document Type: Article

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