Impacts of logging and conversion of rainforest to oil palm on the functional diversity of birds in Sundaland

Ibis

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 313-326

  Edwards, Felicity A ^a   Edwards, David P ^b,c   Hamer, Keith C ^a   Davies, Richard G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avifauna; Degraded lands; Ecosystem processes; Functional dendrogram; Sundaland

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MONOCOTYLEDON; ORNITHOLOGY; RAINFOREST; SELECTIVE LOGGING;

BORNEO;

EID: 84875282388     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12027     Document Type: Article

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