Avifaunal changes as a consequence of large-scale livestock exclusion in the mountains of Central Argentina

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 351-360

  García, César ^a   Renison, Daniel ^a   Cingolani, Ana M ^b   Fernández Juricic, Esteban ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Vegetal   (Argentina)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C rdoba Mountains; Endemic birds; Large herbivores; Livestock abandonment; Polylepis woodlands

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; LIVESTOCK; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL EROSION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ARGENTINA; CORDOBA [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; POLYLEPIS;

EID: 38349182199     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01388.x     Document Type: Article

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