High Bird Species Diversity in Structurally Heterogeneous Farmland in Western Kenya

Biotropica

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 801-809

  Mulwa, Ronald K ^a,b,c   Böhning Gaese, Katrin ^a,b,d   Schleuning, Matthias ^a,b  

^a BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bird diversity; Kakamega forest; Land use intensification; Tropical agro ecosystems; Tropical forest; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; HERBIVORE; INSECTIVORE; LAND USE CHANGE; RAINFOREST; SPECIALIST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

KAKAMEGA FOREST; KENYA; WESTERN PROVINCE [KENYA];

AVES;

EID: 84868638367     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2012.00877.x     Document Type: Article

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