Long-term consequences of habitat fragmentation - Highland birds in Oaxaca, Mexico

Biological Conservation

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 283-303

  Watson, David M ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Habitat diversity; Montane; Neotropical; Patchy environment; Temporal scale

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE;

MEXICO;

AVES; QUERCUS;

EID: 0037410156     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00271-9     Document Type: Article

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