Effects of habitat degradation on the abundance, richness and diversity of raptors across Neotropical biomes

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2002-2011

  Carrete, Martina ^a   Tella, José L ^a   Blanco, Guillermo ^b   Bertellotti, Marcelo ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Habitat and species conservation; Habitat transformation and fragmentation; Losers and winners; Surrogate species; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOFUEL; BIOME; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; NEOTROPICAL REGION; POPULATION GROWTH; RAPTOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION; URBANIZATION;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

RAPTORES;

EID: 68349128665     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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