Impact of the invasive plant, Lantana camara, on bird assemblages at Malé Mahadeshwara reserve forest, south India

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2010, Pages 325-338

  Aravind, N A ^a   Rao, Dinesh ^a,d   Ganeshaiah, K N ^a,b   Uma Shaanker, R ^a,b   Poulsen, John G ^c  

^a ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bird diversity; Guilds; Indicator taxa; Invasion; Lantana camara

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIRD; DICOTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GUILD STRUCTURE; MICROHABITAT; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

INDIA; KARNATAKA; MALE MAHADESHWARA RESERVE FOREST;

AVES; LANTANA; LANTANA CAMARA;

EID: 77953949736     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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