Bird assemblages in secondary forests developing after slash-and-burn agriculture in the Brazilian Amazon

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 469-477

  Borges, Sérgio Henrique ^a,b  

^a MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^b Fundacao Vitoria Amazonica   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bird guilds; Forest succession; Ja National Park; Secondary forests; Traditional agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; GUILD; REGENERATION; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; JAU NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 34347404718     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467407004105     Document Type: Article

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