Assessing the effects of selective logging on birds in Neotropical piedmont and cloud montane forests

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3131-3155

  Politi, Natalia ^a,b,c   Hunter Jr , Malcolm ^a   Rivera, Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE JUJUY   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Andes; Austral Yungas; Cavity nesters; Diet; Guild; Logging

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BREEDING SEASON; CLOUD FOREST; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIET; ELEVATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GUIDELINE; HARVESTING; MONTANE FOREST; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; PIEDMONT; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TREEHOLE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANDES; ARGENTINA;

AVES;

EID: 84870362122     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0358-3     Document Type: Article

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