Modelling edge effects of mature forest plantations on peatland waders informs landscape-scale conservation

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 204-213

  Wilson, Jeremy D ^a   Anderson, Russell ^b   Bailey, Sallie ^c   Chetcuti, Jordan ^b   Cowie, Neil R ^a   Hancock, Mark H ^a   Quine, Christopher P ^b   Russell, Norrie ^a   Stephen, Leigh ^a   Thompson, Des B A ^d  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c Ae Village   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blanket bog; Climate change adaptation; Dunlin; Forestry; Fragmentation; Golden plover; Greenshank; Nest predation; Open habitat; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

BOG; BREEDING SITE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NEST PREDATION; PEATLAND; PLANTATION; PROTECTED AREA; WADER;

FLOW COUNTRY; HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; CALIDRIS ALPINA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PLUVIALIS; PLUVIALIS APRICARIA; SCOLOPACIDAE; TRINGA NEBULARIA;

EID: 84892495296     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12173     Document Type: Article

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