Effects of land abandonment and changing habitat structure on avian assemblages in upland pastures of Bulgaria

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 200-213

  Nikolov, Stoyan C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; BIRD; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PASTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BULGARIA;

AVES;

EID: 77958488301     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270909990244     Document Type: Article

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