Time-window of occurrence and vegetation cover preferences of Dartford and Sardinian Warblers after fire

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 921-930

  Pons, Pere ^a   Clavero, Miguel ^b,c   Bas, Josep M ^a   Prodon, Roger ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Ecological succession; Fire ecology; Mapping method; Mediterranean shrublands; Point counts; Sylvia warblers; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DATA SET; DISTURBANCE; FIRE HISTORY; HABITAT USE; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MAPPING METHOD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; ORNITHOLOGY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SHRUBLAND; SONGBIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VULNERABILITY; WILDFIRE;

SYLVIA; SYLVIA MELANOCEPHALA; SYLVIA UNDATA;

EID: 84865127039     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-012-0822-6     Document Type: Article

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