Effects of habitat degradation on avian guilds in East African papyrus Cyperus papyrus swamps

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 283-297

  MacLean, Ilya ^a   Hassall, Mark ^a   Boar, Rosalind ^a   Nasirwa, Oliver ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; HABITAT LOSS; SWAMP;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES; BRADYPTERUS; BRADYPTERUS CARPALIS; CYPERUS; CYPERUS PAPYRUS; GALLIFORMES; LANIARIUS; LANIARIUS MUFUMBIRI;

EID: 0347658890     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270903003216     Document Type: Article

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