The European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) as an ecosystem engineer in arid environments

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 227-238

  Casas Criville A ^a   Valera, F ^b  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arid land; Biodiversity; Bioturbation; Ecosystem engineer; Erosion; Keystone species; Merops apiaster; Secondary cavity nesters

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOTURBATION; BIRD; BURROW; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; NESTING BEHAVIOR;

APOIDEA; AVES; MEROPS; MEROPS APIASTER;

EID: 4744376583     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2004.03.012     Document Type: Article

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