Agricultural land-use, avian nesting and rarity in the Pampas of central Argentina

Emu

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-54

  Codesido, Mariano ^a,b   González Fischer, Carlos ^a   Bilenca, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

agroecosystems; area of occupancy; commonness; grassland birds; local abundance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GENERALIST; GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NEST SITE; RARE SPECIES; RARITY; SPECIALIST; WOODLAND;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS;

AVES;

EID: 84857729453     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU11049     Document Type: Article

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