Seasonal patterns in Tree Swallow prey (Diptera) abundance are affected by agricultural intensification

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 122-133

  Paquette, Sébastien Rioux ^a   Garant, Dany ^a   Pelletier, Fanie ^a   Bélisle, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agro intensive landscapes; Biomass; Diptera abundance; Linear mixed modeling; Southeastern Canada; Spatiotemporal analyses; Tachycineta bicolor; Tree Swallow

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BREEDING SEASON; INSECT; INSECTIVORE; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE; PREY AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SONGBIRD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ARTHROPODA; AVES; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; DIPTERA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; SWALLOW (BIRD); TIME; WEATHER;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; DIPTERA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POPULATION DENSITY; QUEBEC; SEASONS; SWALLOWS; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875772775     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0068.1     Document Type: Article

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