Global patterns and predictors of bird species responses to forest fragmentation: Implications for ecosystem function and conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 169, Issue , 2014, Pages 372-383

  Bregman, Tom P ^a   Sekercioglu, Cagan H ^b   Tobias, Joseph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Ecological guilds; Habitat fragmentation; Human modified landscapes; Land use change; Management practice; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BODY MASS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GUIDELINE; GUILD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERBIVORE; INSECT; LAND USE CHANGE; SEED DISPERSAL;

EID: 84891655126     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.11.024     Document Type: Article

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