Comparisons of the alpine bird communities across habitats and between autumn and winter in the mid-Yalong Zangbo River valley, Tibet

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 41, Issue 37-40, 2007, Pages 2511-2527

  Lu, Xin ^a   Zhang, Li Ying ^a   Zeng, Xian Hai ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine habitat; Bird assemblage; Conservation; Non breeding period; Tibet plateau; Vegetation degradation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; AUTUMN; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL; WINTER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LHASA MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN; XIZANG; YALONG RIVER;

AVES; BERBERIS;

EID: 36749071547     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930701579781     Document Type: Article

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