Avian movements and wetland connectivity in landscape conservation

SM Haig, DW Mehlman, LW Oring - Conservation biology, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
The current conservation crisis calls for research and management to be carried out on a
long‐term, multi‐species basis at large spatial scales. Unfortunately, scientists, managers …

Review of nekton patterns and ecological processes in seagrass landscapes

RM Connolly, JS Hindell - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2006 - Elsevier
We reviewed seagrass landscape studies on nekton (fish and larger mobile crustaceans) to
summarise:(1) patterns of nekton abundance in relation to patch attributes; and (2) models …

Spatial autocorrelation and autoregressive models in ecology

JW Lichstein, TR Simons, SA Shriner… - Ecological …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Recognition and analysis of spatial autocorrelation has defined a new paradigm in ecology.
Attention to spatial pattern can lead to insights that would have been otherwise overlooked …

Variation in local‐scale edge effects: mechanisms and landscape context

TM Donovan, PW Jones, EM Annand… - Ecology, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological processes near habitat edges often differ from processes away from edges. Yet,
the generality of “edge effects” has been hotly debated because results vary tremendously …

Influence of food abundance, nest-site habitat, and forest fragmentation on breeding ovenbirds

DM Burke, E Nol - The Auk, 1998 - academic.oup.com
Between 1994 and 1996, we determined the density and pairing success of territorial male
Ovenbirds (Seiurus aurocapillus) in 31 forest fragments in southern Ontario. The density and …

Importance of spatial scale to habitat use by breeding birds in riparian forests: a hierarchical analysis

V Saab - Ecological applications, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Patterns of habitat use by breeding birds were studied in cottonwood riparian forests along
100 km of the South Fork of the Snake River in southeastern Idaho, United States, from 1991 …

Decision rules for site fidelity in a migratory bird, the prothonotary warbler

JP Hoover - Ecology, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
I studied 787 female and 510 male Prothonotary Warblers (Protonotaria citrea) breeding in
southern Illinois, USA, from 1994 to 2000 to test two competing hypotheses that may explain …

Urbanization impacts on the structure and function of forested wetlands

S Faulkner - Urban ecosystems, 2004 - Springer
The exponential increase in population has fueled a significant demographic shift: 60% of
the Earth's population will live in urban areas by 2030. While this population growth is …

Juvenile Survival in a Population of Neotropical Migrant Birds: Supervivencia de Juveniles en una Población de Aves Migratorias Neotropicales

AD Anders, DC Dearborn, J Faaborg… - Conservation …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
La determinación de la productividad poblacional de aves migratorias Neotropicales y la
evaluación de la calidad del hábitat para reproducción se han basado en densidades …

Modeling the ecological trap hypothesis: a habitat and demographic analysis for migrant songbirds

TM Donovan, FR Thompson III - Ecological applications, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Most species occupy both high‐and low‐quality habitats throughout their ranges. As habitats
become modified through anthropogenic change, low‐quality habitat may become a more …