Response of avian diversity to habitat modification can be predicted from life-history traits and ecological attributes

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1225-1239

  Ehlers Smith, Yvette C ^a,b   Ehlers Smith, David A ^c   Seymour, Colleen L ^d   Thébault, Elisa ^e   van Veen, F J Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem; Anthropogenic habitats; Ecological attributes; Functional diversity; Functional traits; Habitat heterogeneity; Habitat transformation; Life history traits; RLQ analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; ORCHARD;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AVES; CASUARINA;

EID: 84934848135     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-015-0172-x     Document Type: Article

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