Direct and indirect effects of area, energy and habitat heterogeneity on breeding bird communities

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1186-1196

  Jonsson, Micael ^a,b   Englund, Göran ^a   Wardle, David A ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Area; Birds; Density; Energy availability; Habitat heterogeneity; Habitat selection; Island ecology; Species richness; Structural equation modelling; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; BOREAL FOREST; BREEDING POPULATION; CENSUS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HETEROGENEITY; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79955871930     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02470.x     Document Type: Article

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