Vegetation structure moderates the effect of fire on bird assemblages in a heterogeneous landscape

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 703-714

  Barton, Philip S ^a,b   Ikin, Karen ^a,b   Smith, Annabel L ^a,b   MacGregor, Christopher ^a   Lindenmayer, David B ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community composition; Conceptual model; Disturbance; Habitat complexity; Patch mosaic; Succession

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WILDFIRE;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 84898057901     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-014-0017-z     Document Type: Article

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