Bird diversity patterns in Neotropical temperate farmlands: The role of environmental factors and trophic groups in the spring and autumn

Austral Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 547-555

  Apellaniz, Melisa ^a   Bellocq, M Isabel ^a   Filloy, Julieta ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Environmental similarity; Habitat heterogeneity; Primary productivity; Species richness; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AUTUMN; AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT QUALITY; INSECTIVORE; LINE TRANSECT; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; SPRING (SEASON); TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; TURNOVER;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS;

AVES;

EID: 84864135606     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02311.x     Document Type: Article

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