Winter bird communities in the northern Negev: Species dispersal patterns, habitat use and implications for habitat conservation

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1571-1590

  Shochat, Eyal ^a,b   Tsurim, Ido ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Sutton Avian Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape; Niche; Scale; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT USE; WINTER;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

AVES;

EID: 1942520426     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOC.0000021329.66339.1e     Document Type: Article

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