Systematic temporal patterns in the relationship between housing development and forest bird biodiversity

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1291-1301

  Pidgeon, Anna M ^a   Flather, Curtis H ^b   Radeloff, Volker C ^a   Lepczyk, Christopher A ^c   Keuler, Nicholas S ^d   Wood, Eric M ^a   Stewart, Susan I ^e   Hammer, Roger B ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin   (United States)

^e NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^f OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animals; Birds; Forest; Functional groups; Housing; North America; Temporal pattern; Woodland

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; FOREST; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; FORESTS; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907933322     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12291     Document Type: Article

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