Can severely fragmented patches of riparian vegetation still be important for arid-land bird diversity?

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2275-2281

  Seymour, C L ^a   Simmons, R E ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arid savanna; Bird assemblages; Diamond mining; Diversity; Fragmentation; Riparian corridor

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; PATCH DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SAVANNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AFRICA; NORTHERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VAAL RIVER;

AVES;

EID: 52949149708     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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