Can oil palm plantations become bird friendly?

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-209

  Nájera, Andrea ^a   Simonetti, Javier A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Avifauna; Birds; Commodity; Guatemala; Structural complexity; Understory

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGROFORESTRY; BIRD; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATURE CONSERVATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERSTORY;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

AVES; ELAEIS; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS;

EID: 84755161101     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-010-9278-y     Document Type: Article

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