Deforestation, urbanisation and seasonality: Interacting effects on a regional bird assemblage

Biological Conservation

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-81

  Catterall, Carla P ^a   Kingston, Mark B ^a   Park, Katherine ^a   Sewell, Sven ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birds; Deforestation; Fragmentation; Seasonal migration; Subtropics

Indexed keywords

BIRD COMMUNITY; DEFOESTATION; EUCALYPT FOREST; SEASONALITY; URBANISATION;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND;

EID: 0032053414     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00076-1     Document Type: Article

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