High sensitivity of montane bird communities to habitat disturbance in Peninsular Malaysia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-166

  Soh, Malcolm C K ^a   Sodhi, Navjot S ^a   Lim, Susan L H ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Avifauna; Biodiversity; Degradation; Human disturbance; Mountain; Southeast Asia; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; LAND USE CHANGE; MONTANE FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ASIA; CAMERON HIGHLANDS; EURASIA; FRASERS HILL; MALAYSIA; PAHANG; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

AVES;

EID: 31444444030     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.10.030     Document Type: Article

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