Occupancy dynamics in human-modified landscapes in a tropical island: Implications for conservation design

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 410-421

  Irizarry, Julissa I ^a   Collazo, Jaime A ^a   Dinsmore, Stephen J ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Conservation design; Extinction; Habitat matrices; Occupancy; Puerto Rico; Resident birds; Tropics

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; CONSERVATION STATUS; EXTINCTION; FOREST COVER; LANDSCAPE; PASSERINE; PERSISTENCE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TROPICAL REGION;

GUANICA; PUERTO RICO;

AVES; SPINDALIS; SPINDALIS PORTORICENSIS;

EID: 84960079407     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12415     Document Type: Article

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