Effects of extractive disturbance on bird assemblages, vegetation structure and floristics in tropical scrub forest, Sariska Tiger Reserve, India

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 246, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 175-185

  Shahabuddin, Ghazala ^a,b   Kumar, Raman ^c  

^a Wildlife Conservation Society India   (India)

^b Lodi Estate   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Avifauna; Biomass extraction; Bird species composition; Diversity; Forest degradation; Indicator species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEMS; VEGETATION;

AVIFAUNA; BIOMASS EXTRACTION; BIRD SPECIES COMPOSITION; FOREST DEGRADATION; INDICATOR SPECIES;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; BIOMASS; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; DISTURBANCE; FLORISTICS; FOREST COVER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BIOMASS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJASTHAN; SARISKA TIGER RESERVE; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 34347248031     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.03.061     Document Type: Article

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