Long-term Changes in Bird Communities after Wildfires in the Central Brazilian Amazon

Biotropica

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 480-488

  Mestre, Luiz A M ^a,b   Cochrane, Mark A ^b   Barlow, Jos ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Avifauna; Brazil; Fires; Long term response

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT LOSS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; ORDINATION; REGENERATION; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERSTORY; WILDFIRE;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

AVES; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 84879796527     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12026     Document Type: Article

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