The bird communities of a natural secondary forest and a Lophostemon confertus plantation in Hong Kong, South China

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 130, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 227-234

  Kwok, H K ^a   Corlett, Richard T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Birds; Diversity; Plantations; Reforestation; Secondary forest; Succession

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PLANTATION; SECONDARY FOREST;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

LOPHOSTEMON CONFERTUS; PARUS MAJOR; PYCNONOTUS CHINENSIS; ZOSTEROPS JAPONICA;

EID: 0034194568     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00178-4     Document Type: Article

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