Native plantations as an important element for biodiversity in vanishing forested landscapes: A study of the near threatened araucaria tit spinetail (Leptasthenura setaria, Furnariidae)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-116

  Pietrek, Alejandro G ^a   Branch, Lyn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Araucaria; Argentina; Biodiversity; Leptasthenura setaria; Plantation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FOREST COVER; HABITAT LOSS; NATIVE SPECIES; PASSERINE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARGENTINA;

ARAUCARIA; AVES; FURNARIIDAE; LEPTASTHENURA SETARIA;

EID: 79251511988     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02129.x     Document Type: Article

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