Live fences as tools for biodiversity conservation: A study case with birds and plants

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-30

  Pulido Santacruz, Paola ^a,b   Renjifo, Luis Miguel ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Colombian Andes; Connectivity; Fragmentation; Habitat use; Hedges; Landscape

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; BREEDING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST COVER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT USE; HEDGEROW; LANDSCAPE; NATIVE SPECIES; PASTURE; PLANT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANDES; COLOMBIA;

AVES;

EID: 78650018896     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-010-9331-x     Document Type: Article

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