Assessing the broad-scale impact of agriculturally transformed and protected area landscapes on avian taxonomic and functional richness

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2593-2601

  Child, Matthew F ^a,b   Cumming, Graeme S ^a   Amano, Tatsuya ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agricultural transformation; Conservation planning; Ecosystem functioning; Functional groups; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT LOSS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PROTECTED AREA; RAPTOR; SCAVENGER; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES; RAPTORES;

EID: 69249222523     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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