Using regional patterns for predicting local temporal change: a test by natural experiment in the Great Lakes bioregion, Ontario, Canada

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 261-271

  Desrochers, Rachelle E ^a   Currie, David J ^a   Kerr, Jeremy T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlas of the Breeding Bird of Ontario; avian richness; habitat loss; island biogeography; local colonization; local extinction; neighbourhood effects; species richness patterns

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; COLONIZATION; CONSPECIFIC; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HABITAT LOSS; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LAND COVER; LOCAL EXTINCTION; PREDICTION; REGIONAL PATTERN; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; ONTARIO [CANADA]; THOUSAND ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK;

AVES;

EID: 85007174663     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12518     Document Type: Article

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