Anthropogenic landscape changes and avian diversity at Los Tuxtlas, Mexico

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-43

  Estrada, Alejandro ^a   Coates Estrada, Rosamond ^a   Meritt, Dennis A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b LINCOLN PARK ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

bird diversity; conservation; Los Tuxtlas; Mexico; tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE; BIRD; FOREST REMNANT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MEXICO, VERACRUZ STATE, LOS TUXTLAS;

AVES; BOS TAURUS; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS; CITRUS; GALLIFORMES; PIMENTA DIOICA; THEOBROMA CACAO; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030617543     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018328930981     Document Type: Article

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