Forest fragmentation effects on ovenbird populations in the urban region of eastern Massachusetts, USA

Urban Habitats

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Morimoto, David C ^a   Frankel, Michelle A ^b   Hersek, Marta ^c   Wasserman, Fred E ^c  

^a LESLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Audubon Connecticut   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Forest fragmentation; Minimum area breeding requirements; Ovenbirds; Source sink; Urban

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE; NESTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARASITISM; PASSERINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865090985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15417115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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