Avian diversity and feeding guilds in a secondary forest, an oil palm plantation and a paddy field in riparian areas of the Kerian River Basin, Perak, Malaysia

Tropical Life Sciences Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 45-64

  Azman, Nur Munira ^a   Latip, Nurul Salmi Abdul ^a   Sah, Shahrul Anuar Mohd ^a   Akil, Mohd Abdul Muin Md ^a   Shafie, Nur Juliani ^a   Khairuddin, Nurul Liyana ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Feeding Guild; Habitat Types; Oil Palm Plantation; Paddy Field; Riparian area; Secondary Forest

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DIVERSITY INDEX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GUILD; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; PADDY FIELD; PLANTATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

MALAYSIA; PERAK; WEST MALAYSIA;

AVES; ELAEIS;

EID: 84859293189     PISSN: 19853718     EISSN: 21804249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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