Piospheres in the dry Chaco. Contrasting effects of livestock puestos on forest vegetation and bird communities

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 87, Issue , 2012, Pages 176-187

  Macchi, L ^a   Grau, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bird guilds; Livestock gradient; Neotropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIRD; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; DRY FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GUILD; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SEMIARID REGION;

ARGENTINA; CHACO [ARGENTINA];

AVES;

EID: 84865586808     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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