Species characteristics associated with extinction vulnerability and nestedness rankings of birds in tropical forest fragments

Animal Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 493-501

  Feeley, Kenneth J ^a   Gillespie, T W ^b   Lebbin, D J ^c   Walter, H S ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction vulnerability; Faunal relaxation; Forest fragmentation; Lago Guri; Natural history characteristics; Nestedness; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EXTINCTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NESTEDNESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST; VULNERABILITY;

BOLIVAR [VENEZUELA]; LAKE GURI; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

AVES;

EID: 35648939268     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2007.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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