Bird community assembly in Bornean industrial tree plantations: Effects of forest age and structure

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 531-544

  Styring, Alison R ^a   Ragai, Roslina ^b   Unggang, Joanes ^b   Stuebing, Robert ^b   Hosner, Peter A ^c   Sheldon, Frederick H ^c  

^a EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Grand Perfect Sdn Bhd   (Malaysia)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acacia mangium; Chronosequence; Logged forest; Mangium; Sabah; Sarawak; Succession

Indexed keywords

ACACIA MANGIUM; CHRONOSEQUENCES; LOGGED FOREST; MANGIUM; SABAH; SARAWAK; SUCCESSION;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; INDUSTRY;

BIRDS;

BIRD; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; FOREST COVER; FRUGIVORY; INSECTIVORE; LEGUME; LOGGING (TIMBER); NECTARIVORY; PLANTATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SECONDARY FOREST; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; TAXONOMY;

ACACIA MANGIUM; BIRDS; ECOLOGY; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTS; PLANTATIONS; SABAH; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH; SARAWAK;

ACACIA; ACACIA MANGIUM; ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; GALLIFORMES; PICIDAE; TIMALIIDAE; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 78651235118     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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