Impacts of a volcanic eruption on the forest bird community of Montserrat, Lesser Antilles

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Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 298-312

  Dalsgaard, B ^a   Hilton, G M ^b   Gray, G A L ^c   Aymer, L ^c   Boatswain, J ^c   Daley, J ^c   Fenton, C ^c   Martin, J ^c   Martin, L ^c   Murrain, P ^d   Arendt, W J ^e   Gibbons, D W ^b   Olesen, J M ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c Government of Montserrat   (Montserrat)

^d Montserrat National Trust   (Montserrat)

^e INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ASH FLOW; AVIFAUNA; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES INVENTORY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASSE TERRE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GUADELOUPE; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; MONTSERRAT; SOUFRIERE;

AVES; ICTERUS OBERI;

EID: 34047167514     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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