Breeding bird community composition in different successional vegetation in the montane coniferous forests zone of Taiwan

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2038-2048

  Ding, Tzung Su ^a   Liao, Huan Chang ^a   Yuan, Hsiao Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Avian assemblages; Ecological guild; Habitat selection; Seral stages; Taiwan; Vegetation succession

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

BIRD COMMUNITY; BREEDING BIRD; POPULATION DENSITY;

BIRDS;

BAMBOO; BIRD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST FIRE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; FORESTRY; PLANTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN; TATACHIA MOUNTAIN;

AVES; CONIUM; PICEA;

EID: 41949085994     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.01.056     Document Type: Article

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