Effects of ground fires on understorey bird assemblages in Amazonian forests

Biological Conservation

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 157-169

  Barlow, Jos ^a   Haugaasen, Tor ^a   Peres, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Bird assemblages; Fire disturbance; Habitat structure; Tropical forests; Understorey wildfire

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DISTURBANCE; FOREST FIRE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAZIL;

AVES; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 0036216546     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(01)00177-X     Document Type: Article

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