Temporal variation in a savanna bird assemblage: What changes over 5 years?

Emu

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-38

  Kutt, A S ^a   Perkins, G C ^a   Colman, N ^b   Vanderduys, E P ^a   Perry, J J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

climate; conservation; habitat modification; migratory; nomadic; sedentary; species turnover; tropical

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MIGRATORY POPULATION; RAINFALL; SAVANNA; SEMIARID REGION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TURNOVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

AVES;

EID: 84857773948     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU11054     Document Type: Article

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