Large termitaria act as refugia for tall trees, deadwood and cavity-using birds in a miombo woodland

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 439-448

  Joseph, Grant S ^a   Cumming, Graeme S ^a   Cumming, David H M ^a,b   Mahlangu, Zacheus ^b   Altwegg, Res ^c   Seymour, Colleen L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biodiversity of cavity using birds; Ecosystem engineer; Landscape heterogeneity; Macrotermes; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; DEAD WOOD; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ELEPHANT; FOREST FIRE; HETEROGENEITY; POPULATION DENSITY; REFUGIUM; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERMITE;

ZIMBABWE;

AVES; ELEPHANTIDAE; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES; TERMITARIA;

EID: 79951812292     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-011-9572-8     Document Type: Article

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