The combined effects of land-use legacies and novel fire regimes on bird distributions in the Mediterranean

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1535-1547

  De Cáceres, Miquel ^a,b   Brotons, Lluís ^a,b,c   Aquilué, Núria ^a   Fortin, Marie Josée ^d  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Museu de Zoologia   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Catalonia; Climate change effects; Fire suppression; Forest birds; Habitat suitability model; Land abandonment; Open habitat birds

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AVIFAUNA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LAND USE CHANGE; SHRUBLAND; SUCCESSION;

CATALONIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

AVES;

EID: 84880514644     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12111     Document Type: Article

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