Breeding bird assemblages in riparian galleries of the Guadiana River basin (Portugal): The effect of spatial structure and habitat variables

Ecological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 283-294

  Godinho, Carlos ^a   Rabaça, João E ^a   Segurado, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bird communities; Canonical correspondence analysis; Mediterranean Rivers; Riparian galleries; Variation partition

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DAM; FLOOD; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PASSERINE; RESERVOIR; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER BED; VEGETATION COVER;

GUADIANA BASIN;

AVES;

EID: 77950457671     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-009-0655-9     Document Type: Article

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