Conservation value of degraded habitats for forest birds in southern Peninsular Malaysia

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 572-581

  Peh, Kelvin S H ^a,b,e   Sodhi, Navjot S ^b   De Jong, Johnny ^a   Sekercioglu, Cagan H ^c   Yap, Charlotte A M ^b   Lim, Susan L H ^d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Deforestation; Mixed rural habitats; South East Asia; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; BIRD; DEFORESTATION; FOREST; HABITAT CONSERVATION; OPEN SPACE; PLANTATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

AVES; ELAEIS; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 33747417133     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2006.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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