Bird community variation across Polylepis woodland fragments and matrix habitats: Implications for biodiversity conservation within a high Andean landscape

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2645-2660

  Lloyd, Huw ^a   Marsden, Stuart J ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Bird communities; Forest fragmentation; High Andes; Matrix; Polylepis; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE; VEGETATION; WOODLAND;

CORDILLERA DE VILCANOTA; CORDILLERA ORIENTAL [PERU]; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; POLYLEPIS;

EID: 51649101399     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9343-2     Document Type: Article

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