A comparison of bird communities in the anthropogenic and natural-tree fall gaps of a reduced-impact logged subtropical forest in Bolivia

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-143

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

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^c Armonía ^*  (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Birds; Gaps; Reduced impact logging; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION STATUS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 44249096798     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270908000117     Document Type: Article

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