Nestedness of bird assemblages in fragmented Afromontane forest: The effect of plantation forestry in the matrix

Biological Conservation

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 125-137

  Wethered, Robyn ^a   Lawes, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Afromontane forest; Community assembly; Fragmentation; Matrix effect; Nested subset theory; Plantation forestry

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NESTEDNESS; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

AVES;

EID: 11144312981     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.10.013     Document Type: Article

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