Effects of a short fire-return interval on resources and assemblage structure of birds in a tropical savanna

Austral Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-34

  Valentine, Leonie E ^a,c   Schwarzkopf, Lin ^a   Johnson, Christopher N ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alien plant species; BACI; Bird; Feeding guild; Fire; Fire frequency; Riparian habitat; Rubber vine; Tropical savanna

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FRUGIVORY; GUILD STRUCTURE; INSECTIVORY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND MANAGEMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RIPARIAN ZONE; SAVANNA; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VINE; WEED CONTROL;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

AVES; CARISSA OVATA; CRYPTOSTEGIA MADAGASCARIENSIS;

EID: 84863393672     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02244.x     Document Type: Article

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