Farmland conservation in West Africa: How do hedgerow characteristics affect bird species richness?

Bird Study

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 102-110

  Usieta, Hope O ^a,b   Manu, Shiiwua A ^a   Ottosson, Ulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; FALLOW; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HEDGEROW; LINE TRANSECT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NIGERIA;

AVES;

EID: 84873663566     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2012.758226     Document Type: Article

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