The law of diminishing returns: woodland birds respond to native vegetation cover at multiple spatial scales and over time

Cunningham, Ross; Lindenmayer, David; Crane, Mason; Michael, Damian; Barton, Philip; Gibbons, Philip; Okada, Sachiko; Stagoll (Ikin), Karen; Stein, John

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The law of diminishing returns: woodland birds respond to native vegetation cover at multiple spatial scales and over time

Date

2014

Authors

Cunningham, Ross

Lindenmayer, David

Crane, Mason

Michael, Damian

Barton, Philip

Gibbons, Philip

Okada, Sachiko

Stagoll (Ikin), Karen

Stein, John

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

Aim: To quantify at multiple spatial scales: (1) spatial dependence in several measures of aggregate bird biodiversity, (2) the role of native vegetation cover in explaining variation in aggregate bird biodiversity and (3) relationships between change ove