Climate and vegetation hierarchically structure patterns of songbird distribution in the Canadian boreal region

Ecography

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 137-151

  Cumming, S G ^a   Stralberg, D ^c   Lefevre, K L ^a,b   Solymos P ^c   Bayne, E M ^c   Fang, S ^d   Fontaine, T ^c   Mazerolle, D ^e   Schmiegelow, F K A ^c   Song, S J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Univ of Alberta ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^e Fundy National Park   (Canada)

^f ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LEAF AREA INDEX; REMOTE SENSING; SONGBIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CANADA;

AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 84892680399     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2013.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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