Landscape effects in bird assemblages differ between plantations and broadleaved forests in a rural landscape in central Japan

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 298-305

  Yamaura, Yuichi ^a   Tojo, Hitoshi ^a   Hirata, Yasumasa ^a   Ozaki, Kenichi ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bird assemblages; Broadleaved forests; Conifer plantations; Heterogeneous landscape; Stand height

Indexed keywords

BIRD ASSEMBLAGES; BROADLEAVED FORESTS; CONIFER PLANTATIONS; HETEROGENEOUS LANDSCAPES; STAND HEIGHT;

BIRDS; RURAL AREAS; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

BIRDS; FORESTS; PLANTATIONS; SOFTWOODS;

AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 34447115045     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-007-0020-1     Document Type: Article

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