Effects of rain forest disturbance and fragmentation: Comparative changes of the raptor community along natural and human-made gradients in French Guiana

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-25

  Jullien, Mathilde ^a   Thiollay, Jean Marc ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Birds; Conservation; Deforestation; Falconiforms; Habitat use; Rain forest

Indexed keywords

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; RAINFOREST;

FRENCH GUIANA;

FALCONIFORMES; RAPTORES;

EID: 0030456606     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1996.00963.x     Document Type: Article

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