Forest bird diversity and ski-runs: A case of negative edge effect

Animal Conservation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-16

  Laiolo, Paola ^a,b   Rolando, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EDGE EFFECT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALPS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 15044353359     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943004001611     Document Type: Article

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