Bird communities of the lower Waria valley, Morobe province, Papua New Guinea: A comparison between habitat types

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 317-348

  Dawson, Jeff ^a   Turner, Craig ^b,c   Pileng, Oscar ^a,d   Farmer, Andrew ^a   McGary, Cara ^a   Walsh, Chris ^a   Tamblyn, Alexia ^b   Yosi, Cossey ^e  

^a Coral Cay Conservation ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Jaquelin Fisher Associates   (United Kingdom)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d FORCERT   (Guinea)

^e Papua New Guinea Forest Research Institute   (Guinea)

Author keywords

Birds; Community composition; Habitat alteration; Lowland rainforest; New Guinea

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 80053338564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291100400309     Document Type: Article

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