Effects of forest modification on bird community composition and seed removal in a heterogeneous landscape in South Africa

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1371-1379

  Neuschulz, Eike Lena ^a   Botzat, Alexandra ^a   Farwig, Nina ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; DICOTYLEDON; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST GARDEN; FRUGIVORY; GENERALIST; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURE RESERVE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REFUGE; REFUGEE; REGENERATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SEED; SHRUBLAND; SPECIALIST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AVES; CELTIS AFRICANA; EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 80051598122     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19097.x     Document Type: Article

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