Nest predators and fragmentation: a review and meta‐analysis

AD Chalfoun, FR Thompson III… - Conservation …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Population declines of many avian species are often attributed to increased rates of nest
predation in fragmented landscapes, yet mechanisms underlying these effects have rarely …

Ecological risks of shale oil and gas development to wildlife, aquatic resources and their habitats

MC Brittingham, KO Maloney, AM Farag… - … science & technology, 2014 - ACS Publications
Technological advances in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling have led to the
exploration and exploitation of shale oil and gas both nationally and internationally …

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 …

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 …

The role of top carnivores in regulating terrestrial ecosystems

J Terborgh, JA Estes, P Paquet, K Ralls… - … of regional reserve …, 1999 - books.google.com
The vast majority of species inhabiting the earth today have existed for more than a million
years (Stanley 1987; May et al. 1995). Significantly, the last million years have been …

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 …

Effects of habitat fragmentation on avian nesting success: a review of the evidence at multiple spatial scales

SE Stephens, DN Koons, JJ Rotella, DW Willey - Biological conservation, 2004 - Elsevier
We reviewed published literature to examine the effect of habitat fragmentation on avian
nesting success at three spatial scales (ie, edge, patch, and landscape scales). We …

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 …

Area sensitivity in grassland passerines: effects of patch size, patch shape, and vegetation structure on bird abundance and occurrence in southern Saskatchewan

SK Davis - The auk, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Information on area sensitivity and effects of habitat fragmentation has come largely
from forest and tallgrass-prairie habitats. Research from other ecosystems is required to …