Living on the edge: utilising lidar data to assess the importance of vegetation structure for avian diversity in fragmented woodlands and their edges

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 895-910

  Melin, M ^a   Hinsley, S A ^b   Broughton, R K ^b   Bellamy, P ^c   Hill, R A ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian diversity; Biodiversity; Edge effect; Forest edge; Fragmentation; Habitat structure; Lidar; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CENSUS; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LIDAR; SATELLITE DATA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODLAND;

AVES;

EID: 85044613654     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-018-0639-7     Document Type: Article

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