Effects of time since fire on birds in a plant diversity hotspot

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 99-106

  Chalmandrier, Loïc ^a,b   Midgley, Guy F ^a,d   Barnard, Phoebe ^a,c   Sirami, Clélia ^a,c,e  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bird life history trait; Disturbance; Fire; Fynbos; Secondary succession; Time since fire

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISTURBANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FYNBOS; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRANIVORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NECTARIVORY; PATCH SIZE; PERSISTENCE; PROTECTED AREA; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SPACE USE; SPECIALIST; TIMESCALE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AVES;

EID: 84876699663     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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