Edges and gaps in mature karri forest, south-western Australia: Logging effects on bird species abundance and diversity

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 1-21

  Wardell Johnson, G ^a   Williams, M ^b  

^a CALMScience   (Australia)

^b CALMScience   (Australia)

Author keywords

BACI design; Bird abundance; Diversity; Edge effect; Karri forest; Logging impact; Mature forest; Overstorey flowering; Point count; Regeneration; Remnants

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; CANOPY GAP; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EDGE EFFECT; LOGGING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034213548     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00197-8     Document Type: Article

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