The impact of high-altitude ski-runs on alpine grassland bird communities

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 210-219

  Rolando, Antonio ^a   Caprio, Enrico ^a   Rinaldi, Enrico ^a   Ellena, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpine bird communities; Diversity; Grasslands; High altitudes; Ski pistes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDE; AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; GRASSLAND; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; BOS TAURUS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33846028516     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2006.01253.x     Document Type: Article

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