Bird foraging height predicts bird species response to woody vegetation change

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2247-2262

  Kutt, A S ^a   Martin, T G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clearing; Conservation; Encroachment; Foraging; Land management; Predictive model; Thinning; Vegetation thickening

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK; SAVANNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THINNING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODLAND; WOODY PLANT;

AVES;

EID: 77954034465     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9840-y     Document Type: Article

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