Landscape pattern and census area as determinants of the diversity of farmland avifauna in Estonia

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1013-1020

  Marja, Riho ^a   Uuemaa, Evelyn ^a   Mander, Ülo ^a   Elts, Jaanus ^a   Truu, Jaak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Farmland birds; FRAGSTATS; Generalized additive mixed models; Landscape metrics

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 84884701800     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-013-0409-7     Document Type: Article

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