Spatial distribution of bird communities in small forest fragments in central Europe in relation to distance to the forest edge, fragment size and type of forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 401, Issue , 2017, Pages 255-263

  Hofmeister, Jeňýk ^a,b   Hošek, Jan ^a   Brabec, Marek ^c   Kočvara, Radim ^d  

^a AgnosLaboratory for Ecological Analysis and Risk Assessment   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^d NONE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Clearing; Dryocopus martius; Forest bird; Forest management; Generalized additive model; Habitat fragmentation

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIMBER; VEGETATION;

CLEARING; DRYOCOPUS MARTIUS; FOREST FRAGMENTATIONS; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MANAGEMENT INTERVENTIONS; MAXIMUM FREQUENCY; SINGLE TREE SELECTION;

FORESTRY;

BIRD; CLEARCUTTING; FOREST EDGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LOGGING (TIMBER); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIMBER HARVESTING;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; FORESTS; PLANTATIONS;

EUROPE;

AVES; DRYOCOPUS MARTIUS;

EID: 85024898949     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.07.005     Document Type: Article

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