Avian community composition in isolated forest fragments: A conceptual revision

Oikos

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Brown, William P ^a   Sullivan, Patrick J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEFORESTATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

AVES;

EID: 26444593929     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13725.x     Document Type: Article

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