Spatial heterogeneity increases diversity and stability in grassland bird communities

Ecological Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 662-672

  Hovick, Torre J ^a   Elmore, R Dwayne ^b   Fuhlendorf, Samuel D ^a   Engle, David M ^a   Hamilton, Robert G ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammodramus henslowii; Conservation; Disturbance; Diversity stability relationships; Fire; Grassland birds; Grazing pressure; Henslow's sparrow; Oklahoma; Pyric herbivory; Spatial scale; Tallgrass prairie.

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT RESTORATION; HERBIVORE; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PATCHINESS; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AMMODRAMUS HENSLOWII; AVES;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; FIRE; HERBIVORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; FIRES; HERBIVORY; OKLAHOMA; PLANTS;

EID: 84928638573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-1067.1     Document Type: Article

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