A spatially explicit assessment of within-season changes in environmental suitability for farmland birds along an altitudinal gradient

Animal Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 638-647

  Brambilla, M ^a,b   Falco, R ^a   Negri, I ^a  

^a Fondazione Lombardia per l'Ambiente   (Italy)

^b Museo Delle Scienze   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distribution; Farmland birds; Habitat selection; Multiple broods; Passerine; Presence only

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; HETEROGENEITY; MULTIPLE BROODING; PASSERINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ALAUDA ARVENSIS; ANIMALIA; AVES; EMBERIZA CIRLUS; LULLULA ARBOREA; PASSERIFORMES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84871363356     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00561.x     Document Type: Article

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