Fire disturbance disrupts co-occurrence patterns of terrestrial vertebrates in Mediterranean woodlands

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 843-852

  Sarà, Maurizio ^a   Bellia, Enrico ^a   Milazzo, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Community disruption; Madonie Park; Mediterranean belt; Null models; Perturbation; Sicily; Species co occurrence; Terrestrial vertebrates; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BREEDING; FAUNA; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; VERTEBRATE; WILDFIRE; WOODLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646013277     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01429.x     Document Type: Article

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