Relationships between vegetation and bird community composition in grasslands of the Serengeti

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 557-565

  Gottschalk, Thomas K ^a   Ekschmitt, Klemens ^a   Bairlein, Franz ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bird community; East African savanna; Grassland; Species habitat relationships; Territory mapping

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 35448969614     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2007.00769.x     Document Type: Article

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