Short-term responses of birds to forest gaps and understory: An assessment of reduced-impact logging in a lowland Amazon forest

Biotropica

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-255

  Wunderle Jr , Joseph M ^a   Henriques, Luiza Magalli Pinto ^b   Willig, Michael R ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^b MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Brazil; Disturbance; Forest birds; Forest management; Logging effects; Reduced impact logging; Treefall gaps; Understory birds

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; DISTURBANCE; LOGGING (TIMBER); SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERSTORY;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 33644950486     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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