The responses of understorey birds to forest fragmentation, logging and wildfires: An Amazonian synthesis

Biological Conservation

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 182-192

  Barlow, J ^a,b   Peres, C A ^a   Henriques, L M P ^b   Stouffer, P C ^c,d   Wunderle, J M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^e INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Amazon; Birds; Brazil; Fire; Forest conservation; Fragmentation; Logging; Tropical forest; Venezuela; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LOGGING (TIMBER); UNDERSTORY; WILDFIRE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

AVES;

EID: 29244479543     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.09.028     Document Type: Article

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