Bird community succession after fire in a dry Mediterranean shrubland

Ardea

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 303-310

  Herrando, Sergi ^a,c   Brotons, Lluís ^a   Del Amo, Rodrigo ^b   Llacuna, Santiago ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Naturalistes en Acció ^*

^c Zoologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bird community; Fire; Habitat disturbance; Mediterranean shrublands; Succession; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; FIRE; REGENERATION; SHRUBLAND; SUCCESSION;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 1542349786     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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