Associations between occupancy and habitat structure can predict avian responses to disturbance: Implications for conservation management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 331, Issue , 2014, Pages 227-236

  Sitters, Holly ^a   Christie, Fiona ^a   Di Stefano, Julian ^a   Swan, Matthew ^a   Collins, Peter ^a   York, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birds; Heterogeneity; Prescribed fire; Succession; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURES; HETEROGENEITY; PRESCRIBED FIRES; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BIRDS;

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HETEROGENEITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AVES;

EID: 84908074825     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.08.013     Document Type: Article

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