Loss and fragmentation of mature woodland reduce the habitat niche breadth of forest birds

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Rémi Torrenta1, Florent Lacoste2, Marc‐André Villard3
1Département de Biologie, Université de Moncton, Moncton, Canada
2Faculté des Sciences, Université Montpellier-II, Montpellier, France
3Department of Biology, Mount Allison University, Sackville, Canada

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