Landscape heterogeneity metrics as indicators of bird diversity: Determining the optimal spatial scales in different landscapes

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 372-379

  Morelli, Federico ^a   Pruscini, Fabio ^a   Santolini, Riccardo ^a   Perna, Paolo ^b   Benedetti, Yanina ^a   Sisti, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity indicators; Bird richness; GIS; Land cover map; Landscape heterogeneity; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY INDICATORS; BIRD RICHNESS; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE HETEROGENEITIES; SPATIAL SCALE;

FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; DIVERSITY INDEX; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GIS; GRASSLAND; HETEROGENEITY; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; FORESTRY; GIS; OPTIMIZATION; STATISTICS;

EID: 84879578609     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.05.021     Document Type: Article

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