Effects of selective logging (50 years ago) on habitat use and ranging behaviour of a forest understorey bird (red-tailed bristlebill, Bleda syndactyla) in Uganda

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 114-122

  Dale, Svein ^a   Slembe, Bjørnar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Habitat use; Logging; Pycnonotidae; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; PASSERINE; RANGE SIZE; SELECTIVE LOGGING; TROPICAL FOREST;

AFRICA; BUDONGO FOREST; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WESTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA]; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BLEDA SYNDACTYLA; PASSERIFORMES; PYCNONOTIDAE; SYNDACTYLA;

EID: 20444454319     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2005.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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