Avifaunal diversity of five high-altitude cloud forests on the Andean western slope of Ecuador: Testing a rapid assessment method

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-93

  Poulsen, Bent Otto ^a,b   Krabbe, Niels ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Teachers' University (DLH)   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Andes; Birds; Diversity; Ecuador; High altitude biogeography; Latitudinal gradient; Rapid assessment method

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CLOUD FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ECUADOR, ANDES;

EID: 0031979157     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1998.251174.x     Document Type: Article

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