Breeding habitat selection of Skylarks varies with crop heterogeneity, time and spatial scale, and reveals spatial and temporal crop complementation

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-18

  Miguet, Paul ^a,b   Gaucherel, Cédric ^a,c   Bretagnolle, Vincent ^b  

^a UMR AMAP   (France)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^c FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

Author keywords

Crop heterogeneity; Habitat selection; Landscape complementation; Skylark; Spatial ecology; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; SKYLARK; SPATIAL ECOLOGY; SPATIAL SCALE;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FARMS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; OILSEEDS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

CROPS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; CROP ROTATION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT SELECTION; HEDGEROW; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MICROHABITAT; SONGBIRD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

FRANCE;

EID: 84881109909     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.06.029     Document Type: Article

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