Spatial and temporal patterns of waterbird assemblages in fragmented wetlands of Southern Brazil

Waterbirds

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 261-272

  Guadagnin, Demétrio Luis ^a   Schmitz Peter, Ângela ^a   Carvalho Perello, Luis Fernando ^a   Maltchik, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abundance; Beta diversity; Composition; Diversity; Fragmentation; Ordination; Principal coordinate analysis; Richness; Seasonal pattern; Spatial pattern; Temporal pattern; Turnover; Water birds; Wetlands; Wildfowl

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

BRAZIL; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANSERIFORMES; AVES; DENDROCYGNA VIDUATA; GALLINULA CHLOROPUS; GRUIFORMES; NEARCTIC;

EID: 26844539936     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2005)028[0261:SATPOW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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