Effects of agricultural fragmentation on the bird community in sagebrush shrubsteppe

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 223, Issue , 2016, Pages 278-288

  Knight, Elly C ^a   Mahony, Nancy A ^b   Green, David J ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural edges; Bird; Community ecology; Edge effect; Fragmentation; Landscape; Predator; Sagebrush; Scale

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; EDGE EFFECT; GENERALIST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; ORCHARD; PASSERINE; PREDATOR; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STEPPE; VEGETATION COVER; VINEYARD;

NORTH AMERICA;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; AVES; POACEAE; POOECETES;

EID: 84960938683     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.03.011     Document Type: Article

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