Negative Effects of Habitat Loss on Survival of Migrant Warblers in a Forest Mosaic

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 993-1001

  Zitske, B P ^a   Betts, M G ^b   Diamond, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent survival; Aves canoras; Dispersal; Forest management; Fragmentaci n; Fragmentation; Habitat loss; Landscape; Manejo forestal; Matrix; Matriz; Paisaje; P rdida de h bitat; Songbirds; Supervivencia aparente

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; BREEDING SEASON; DISPERSAL; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LAND COVER; MATRIX; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PERCIFORM; PROBABILITY; SONGBIRD; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL; TREE;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC FITNESS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEW BRUNSWICK; POPULATION DENSITY; SONGBIRDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREES;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DENDROICA FUSCA; DENDROICA VIRENS; PASSERI;

EID: 80052576905     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01709.x     Document Type: Article

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