Bird community responses to reduced-impact logging in a certified forestry concession in lowland Bolivia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 545-555

  Felton, Adam ^a,b   Wood, Jeff ^c   Felton, Annika M ^a,b   Hennessey, Bennett ^d   Lindenmayer, David B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Birdlife International Partner in Bolivia   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Falcons; Ficus boliviana; Frugivores; Guild; Insectivores; Population; Toucans

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; LEAF LITTER; LOGGING (TIMBER); LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; FALCONIDAE; FICUS BOLIVIANA; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 39749102924     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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