Landscape structure and bird's diversity in the rural areas of Taiwan

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 241-248

  Chun, Yen Chang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bird diversity; Landscape structure; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; FARMS; FORESTRY; RURAL AREAS;

BIRD DIVERSITY;

GEOLOGY;

AVIFAUNA; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; RURAL AREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; POLICY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TAIWAN;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL PLANNING; TAIWAN;

TAIWAN;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0037799534     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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