Diversity of the Białowieza forest avifauna in space and time;Räumliche und zeitliche Diversität der Avifauna des Waldes von Białowieza

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-92

  Tomiałojć, Ludwik ^a   Wesołowski, Tomasz ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Breeding bird community; Impact of logging; Primeval temperate forest; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE FOREST;

BIALOWIEZA FOREST; EURASIA; EUROPE;

AVES; CARPINUS; DENDROCOPOS; DENDROCOPOS LEUCOTOS; PICIDAE; PICOIDES; PICOIDES TRIDACTYLUS; QUERCUS; STRIGIFORMES; TRIDACTYLUS;

EID: 2342575001     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-003-0017-2     Document Type: Article

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