Alien and native birds in south africa: Patterns, processes and conservation

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2291-2302

  Hugo, Sanet ^a   van Rensburg, Berndt J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alien birds; Habitat heterogeneity; Human activities; Human population density; Native birds; Primary productivity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

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

AVES;

EID: 70449530837     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9416-x     Document Type: Article

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