Artificial Bird Perches for the Regeneration of Degraded Tropical Peat Swamp Forest: A Restoration Tool with Limited Potential

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 631-637

  Graham, Laura L B ^a   Page, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

perching sites; Seed dispersal; Seedling recruitment; Tropical peatlands

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PEATLAND; PERCHING BEHAVIOR; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEASONALITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SWAMP FOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

INDONESIA;

AVES;

EID: 84865863886     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2011.00805.x     Document Type: Article

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