Winter bird assemblages, species richness and relative abundance at a re-vegetated coal mine in the Middelburg district, Mpumalanga province, South Africa

African Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-22

  Little, I T ^a   Little, R M ^b   Jansen, R ^c   Crowe, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b WWF South Africa   (South Africa)

^c TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abundance; Bird assemblages; Coal mining; Re vegetation; Richness

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COAL MINE; HABITAT RESTORATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; REVEGETATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MPUMALANGA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

AVES;

EID: 21244506645     PISSN: 03794369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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