Persistence of the threatened Knysna warbler Bradypterus sylvaticus in an urban landscape: Do gardens substitute for fire?

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-208

  Pryke, James S ^a   Samways, Michael J ^a   Hockey, Philip A R ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Fire; Food availability; Knysna warbler; Urban conservation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOTOPE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SUPPLY; INSECTIVORE; INVERTEBRATE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NEST SITE; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREY PREFERENCE; PROTECTED AREA; SAMPLING; SONGBIRD; UNDERSTORY; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; WILDFIRE; WOODLAND;

CAPE PENINSULA; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; BRADYPTERUS SYLVATICUS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79955533823     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2010.01244.x     Document Type: Article

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