Changes in bird communities following conversion of lowland forest to oil palm and rubber plantations in southern Thailand

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-82

  Aratrakorn, Sirirak ^a   Thunhikorn, Somying ^b   Donald, Paul F ^c  

^a Bird Conservation Society of Thailand   (Thailand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS   (Thailand)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FOREST; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PLANTATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

AVES; ELAEIS;

EID: 33646269493     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270906000062     Document Type: Article

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