Area effect on bird species richness of an archipelago of wetland fragments in Central Italy

Community Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-237

  Benassi, G ^a   Battisti, C ^b   Luiselli, L ^c  

^a Conservation Nature Office Province of Rome ^*  (Italy)

^b Province of Rome   (Italy)

^c Centre of Environmental Studies DEMETRA srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Habitat heterogeneity; Habitat loss; Island biogeography; Phragmites australis; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BIRD; BREEDING; GRASS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; PATCH SIZE; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AVES; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 37649006499     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.8.2007.2.9     Document Type: Article

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