Vertical stratification and its relation to foliage in tropical forest birds in Western Ghats (India);Rozmieszczenie pionowe ptaków lasu tropikalnego w zalezności od warstwowości listowia

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-116

  Jayson, Eluvathingal Antony ^a   Mathew, Daniel Nediyakalayil ^b  

^a KERALA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b West End Colony   (India)

Author keywords

India; Kerala; Tropical forest; Vertical stratification of birds; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; FOLIAGE; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

AVES;

EID: 0942289010     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/068.038.0207     Document Type: Article

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