The response of a New Guinean avifauna to conversion of forest to small-scale agriculture

Ibis

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 629-640

  Marsden, Stuart J ^a   Symes, Craig T ^b   Mack, Andrew L ^c  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c EHP   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; AVIFAUNA; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT SELECTION; POPULATION DENSITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

AVES; PARADISAEIDAE; PTILORRHOA CAERULESCENS; RHIPIDURA;

EID: 33750161707     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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