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Taft, Oriane Williams.

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Influence of wetland landscape structure on shorebirds wintering in an agricultural valley.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Influence of wetland landscape structure on shorebirds wintering in an agricultural valley./
Author:	Taft, Oriane Williams.
Description:	211 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-07, Section: B, page: 3270.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International65-07B.
Subject:	Biology, Ecology. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3138487
ISBN:	0496856480

Influence of wetland landscape structure on shorebirds wintering in an agricultural valley.
Taft, Oriane Williams.

Influence of wetland landscape structure on shorebirds wintering in an agricultural valley. - 211 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-07, Section: B, page: 3270.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Oregon State University, 2004.

Understanding how wetland birds use habitat is pivotal to developing successful and beneficial conservation strategies. Although it has been an ardent topic in forest research for some time, how species interact with the spatial patterning of habitat across a landscape (i.e., landscape structure) has been more or less neglected in wetland research. There is every reason to believe that landscape structure might influence wetland birds, especially since most species are highly mobile and so many wetland landscapes are inherently heterogeneous. Moreover, as a result of the agricultural development of riverine valleys, many former wetland landscapes have undergone profound changes in landscape structure. To ultimately determine how such landscapes should be restored, researchers need to integrate information generated from three basic questions: what was the historical nature of the landscape?, what is the present-day distribution of habitat and resources?, and most importantly, how do wetland species currently interact with local (within wetlands) and landscape (within a region) habitat distribution?

ISBN: 0496856480Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017726
Biology, Ecology.

Influence of wetland landscape structure on shorebirds wintering in an agricultural valley.
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520 $a This dissertation examines these questions for the Willamette Valley ("Valley") of northwestern Oregon, USA. The Valley is an excellent model landscape for such a study as wetland loss from agriculture and urban development has been severe, waterbirds use the many unprotected agricultural wetlands distributed across the region, and many agencies and coalitions are interested in restoring the Valley using an integrated landscape approach.
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