Seasonal changes in the abundance and diversity of birds in threatened juniper forest in the southern Asir mountains, Saudi Arabia

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 371-392

  Newton, Stephen F ^a   Newton, Anne V ^a  

^a Natl Commn Wildl Conserv Devmt   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD COMMUNITY; CONSERVATION; JUNIPER FOREST; YEMEN LINNET; YEMEN THRUSH; YEMEN WARBLER;

SAUDI ARABIA, ASIR MOUNTAINS, YEMEN;

CARDUELIS YEMENENSIS; CUPRESSACEAE; JUNIPERUS; PARISOMA BURYI; TURDUS MENACHENSIS;

EID: 0030322327     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270900001829     Document Type: Article

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