Direct versus indirect effects of habitat reduction on the loss of avian species from tropical forest fragments

Animal Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 353-360

  Feeley, Kenneth J ^a,b   Terborgh, J W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction; Faunal relaxation; Fragmentation; Herbivory; Indirect effects; Lago Guri Venezuela; Path analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; BIRD; EXTINCTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HERBIVORY; RESERVE DESIGN; TROPICAL FOREST;

BOLIVAR [VENEZUELA]; LAKE GURI; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

ALOUATTA; AVES; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 54049115517     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2008.00182.x     Document Type: Article

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