Should fragment area reduction be considered a stress for forest bird assemblages? Evidence from diversity/dominance diagrams

Community Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-195

  Battisti, C ^a   Luiselli, L ^b   Frank, B ^a   Lorenzetti, E ^c  

^a Environment Service ^*  (Italy)

^b Centre of Environmental Studies DEMETRA srl   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Area effect; Forest fragments; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape disturbance; Rank frequency diagrams

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHIPELAGO; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

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EID: 73649122790     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.10.2009.2.8     Document Type: Article

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