Habitat associations and communities of breeding birds in the highlands of south-west jordan

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-48

  Khoury, Fares ^a  

^a Zoological Research Museum A Koenig   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bird communities; Habitat associations; Jordan; Multivariate analysis; Open woodland; Steppe

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; HABITAT SELECTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

JORDAN;

EID: 0032447746     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.1998.10637753     Document Type: Article

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