The importance of littoral forest remnants for indigenous bird conservation in southeastern Madagascar

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 523-545

  Watson, James E M ^a   Whittaker, Robert J ^a   Dawson, Terence P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Conservation; Deforestation; Fragmentation; Humid forests; Littoral forests; Madagascar; Spiny forests

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

AVES; ERICA; EUCALYPTUS; MELALEUCA;

EID: 18844425520     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-3913-8     Document Type: Article

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