Diversity and abundance of birds in relation to forest fragmentation, habitat quality and heterogeneity

Bird Study

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 355-366

  Berg, Åke ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carduelis; Columba; Corvus; Erithacus; Parus; Picea; Pimus; Populus; Prunella; Sturnus; Turdus

Indexed keywords

BIRD COMMUNITY; FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT HETEROGENEITY; HABITAT QUALITY;

SWEDEN;

ABIES; AVES; CONIFERALES; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POPULUS TREMULA;

EID: 0030716335     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063659709461071     Document Type: Article

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