How resilient are Andean montane forest bird communities to habitat degradation?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1131-1159

  O'Dea, Niall ^a   Whittaker, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Human habitat modification; Montane forest birds; Population density; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BASELINE CONDITIONS; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MONTANE FOREST; POPULATION DENSITY; SECONDARY FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANDES; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 33947622822     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9095-9     Document Type: Article

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