Exploring the ecological processes driving geographical patterns of breeding bird richness in British Columbia, Canada

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 888-903

  Fitterer, Jessica L ^a   Nelson, Trisalyn A ^a   Coops, Nicholas C ^b   Wulder, Michael A ^c   Mahony, Nancy A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambient energy; Breeding Bird Atlas; British Columbia; Canada; Habitat heterogeneity; Productivity; Species richness; Volunteer based survey

Indexed keywords

ATLAS; AVIFAUNA; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DEMOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; GEORGIA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84878942169     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1225.1     Document Type: Article

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