Differential effects of vegetation restoration in Mediterranean abandoned cropland by secondary succession and pine plantations on bird assemblages

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-95

  Rey Benayas, José M ^a   Galván, Ismael ^a   Carrascal, Luis M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bird composition; Conservation; Habitat breadth; Regional avifauna; Species richness; Vegetation complexity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE RESTORATION; AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; ASSEMBLAGE CHARACTERISTICS; BIRD SPECIES; BIRD SPECIES RICHNESS; CENTRAL SPAIN; CONSERVATION PRIORITIES; DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT; EUROPEAN CONTEXT; FOREST SPECIES; HABITAT BREADTH; HERBACEOUS LAYER; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; MIXED MODELS; NATURAL FORESTS; NUMBER OF SPECIES; PINE PLANTATIONS; PINE SPECIES; REGIONAL AVIFAUNA; REGIONAL LEVELS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SHRUB SPECIES; SHRUBLANDS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TARGET SPECIES; TREE COVER; TREE PLANTATIONS; VEGETATION RESTORATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AGRICULTURE; BIRDS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; TRAJECTORIES;

VEGETATION;

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIRD; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EVERGREEN TREE; HABITAT QUALITY; PRIORITIZATION; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SHRUBLAND; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE PLANTING; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODLAND;

AGRICULTURE; BIRDS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN; PINUS; PLANTS; QUERCUS ILEX; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; TRAJECTORIES;

SPAIN;

AVES;

EID: 77953321578     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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