Edge and area effects on avian assemblages and insectivory in fragmented native forests

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1451-1463

  Barbaro, Luc ^a,b   Brockerhoff, Eckehard G ^c   Giffard, Brice ^a,b   van Halder, Inge ^a,b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Area effects; Avian insectivory; Edge effects; Exotic birds; Forest fragmentation; Mosaic landscapes; Native birds; New Zealand; Plasticine models

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST; INSECTIVORE; INSECTIVORY; LANDSCAPE; LARVA; MIMICRY; MOTH; NATIVE SPECIES; PATCH SIZE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BANKS PENINSULA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

AVES; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84868539088     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-012-9800-x     Document Type: Article

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