Assessing habitat/landscape predictors of bird diversity in managed deciduous forests: A seasonal and guild-based approach

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1287-1303

  Caprio, Enrico ^a   Ellena, Ivan ^a   Rolando, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bird diversity; Black locust; Deciduous forest management; Diversity conservation; Generalists; Habitat; Landscape; Oak; Seasonal differences; Specialists

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; BIRD; DATABASE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; HABITAT STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AVES; QUERCUS;

EID: 67349088741     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9478-1     Document Type: Article

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