The role of farm structure on bird assemblages around a Kenyan tropical rainforest

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 410-417

  Otieno, Nickson Erick ^a   Gichuki, Nathan ^b   Farwig, Nina ^c   Kiboi, Samuel ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bird assemblage; Farm structure; Farmland; Kakamega

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGROFORESTRY; BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FARM SIZE; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MOSAIC; HETEROGENEITY; INSECTIVORE; LINE TRANSECT; NECTARIVORY; POPULATION DENSITY; RAINFOREST; SHRUBLAND; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBSISTENCE; TROPICAL REGION;

KAKAMEGA FOREST; KENYA; WESTERN PROVINCE [KENYA];

AVES;

EID: 81855176233     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2011.01273.x     Document Type: Article

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