Avian responses to tourism in the biogeographically isolated high Córdoba Mountains, Argentina

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1009-1026

  Heil, Lisandro ^a   Fernández Juricic, Esteban ^b   Renison, Daniel ^a   Cingolani, Ana M ^c   Blumstein, Daniel T ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CONICET UNC ^*  (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endemic species; Guild; Human disturbance; Mountainous ecosystem; Recreational activities; South America

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GUILD STRUCTURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOURISM;

ARGENTINA; CORDOBA [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 34248175405     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9040-y     Document Type: Article

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