Influence of woodland edge structure on bird communities in the Belgian Ardennes;L'influence de la structure des lisières forestières sur leur capacité d'accueil pour l'avifaune dans l'Ardenne Belge

Alauda

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 253-260

  Fautsch, Michel ^a   Delvingt, Willy ^a   Paquet, Jean Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgian Ardennes; Bird communities; Species richness; Woodland edge structure

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BREEDING POPULATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; WOODLAND;

BELGIUM;

AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0043130470     PISSN: 00024619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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