Effects of human subsistence activities on forest birds in northern Kenya

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 384-394

  Borghesio, Luca ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Afromontane forest; Forest birds; Nomadic pastoralists; Subsistence human activities; Wood collection

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MONTANE FOREST; NOMADIC PEOPLE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; KENYA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; KENYA; LINEAR MODELS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES;

EID: 41849084108     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00872.x     Document Type: Article

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