Bird community responses to disturbance in a forestry concession in lowland Bolivia

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1921-1936

  Woltmann, Stefan ^a,b  

^a The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Bolivia; Community ecology; Habitat disturbance; Tropical bird community; Tropical forestry

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FIRE; FORESTRY; SELECTIVE LOGGING; TROPICAL FOREST;

BOLIVIA;

AVES;

EID: 0037523259     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024147529295     Document Type: Article

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