Edge effects on the understory bird community in a logged forest in Uganda

Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 265-276

  Dale, Svein ^a   Mork, Kjetil ^a   Solvang, Rune ^a   Plumptre, Andrew J ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COMMUNITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGGING; RAINFOREST; UGANDA;

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST EDGE; LOGGING;

UGANDA;

ANDROPADUS CURVIROSTRIS; ANDROPADUS LATIROSTRIS; CAMAROPTERA BRACHYURA; ISPIDINA PICTA; NECTARINIA OLIVACEA; TERPSIPHONE RUFIVENTER;

EID: 0034029681     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.98340.x     Document Type: Article

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