Does fragmentation increase extinction thresholds? A European-wide test with seven forest birds

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1282-1292

  Rueda, Marta ^a,b   Hawkins, Bradford A ^b   Morales Castilla, Ignacio ^a   Vidanes, Rosa M ^a   Ferrero, Mila ^a   Rodríguez, Miguel Á ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction threshold hypothesis; Forest amount; Forest bird species; Forest fragmentation; Fragmentation theory; Species specific traits

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DISPERSAL; EXTINCTION; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD;

EUROPE;

AVES; BONASA BONASIA; GLAUCIDIUM PASSERINUM; STRIGIFORMES; TETRAO UROGALLUS;

EID: 84887407448     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12079     Document Type: Article

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