Responses of avian assemblages to a natural edge in a chaco semiarid forest in Argentina

Auk

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 425-435

  Lopez De Casenave, Javier ^a   Pelotto, Juan Pablo ^b   Caziani, Sandra M ^c   Mermoz, Myriam ^b   Protomastro, Jorge ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD ASSEMBLAGE; CHACO FOREST; FOREST EDGE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARGENTINA; CHACO;

EID: 0344043391     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089201     Document Type: Article

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