Burning season influences the response of bird assemblages to fire in tropical savannas

Biological Conservation

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-101

  Valentine, Leonie E ^a   Schwarzkopf, Lin ^a   Johnson, Christopher N ^a   Grice, Anthony C ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birds; Burning season; Fauna; Feeding guilds; Fire; Management; Regimes; Tropical savannas

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; BURNING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; GUILD; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AVES; MALURUS MELANOCEPHALUS; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 34047213969     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.01.018     Document Type: Article

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