Landscape properties mediate the homogenization of bird assemblages during climatic extremes

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3165-3174

  Haslem, Angie ^a,c   Nimmo, Dale G ^a,d   Radford, James Q ^b   Bennett, Andrew F ^a,c,e  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Bush Heritage Australia   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscape; Australia; Community assemblage; Drought; Extreme climatic event; Landscape structure; Temporal dynamics; Woodland birds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DROUGHT STRESS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXTREME EVENT; INHOMOGENEITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TURNOVER; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

AVES;

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIRDS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 84952640358     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-2447.1     Document Type: Article

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