Effects of surrounding landscape composition on the conservation value of native and exotic habitats for native forest birds

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Deconchat, M ^a   Brockerhoff, E G ^b   Barbaro, L ^c  

^a UMR 1201 Dynafor   (France)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

^c UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Farmland; Forest fragmentation; Habitat loss; Landscape ecology; Plantation forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; FOREST FRAGMENTATIONS; HABITAT LOSS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PLANTATION FORESTS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; ECOLOGY; FARMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS;

CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; BUFFER ZONE; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PLANTATION FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PLANTATIONS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

AVES;

EID: 71949088689     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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