Sacred forests are keystone structures for forest bird conservation in southwest China's Himalayan Mountains

Biological Conservation

Volumn 166, Issue , 2013, Pages 34-42

  Brandt, Jodi S ^a,b   Wood, Eric M ^a   Pidgeon, Anna M ^a   Han, Lian Xian ^c   Fang, Zhendong ^d   Radeloff, Volker C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Shangri la Highland Botanical Garden   (China)

Author keywords

Avifauna; Hengduan Mountains; Land use change; Protected areas; Secondary forests; Temperate forest

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CULTURAL TRADITION; EXTREME EVENT; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT USE; LAND USE CHANGE; PROTECTED AREA; REFUGE; SECONDARY FOREST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE FOREST;

CHINA; HENGDUAN MOUNTAINS; HIMALAYAS; XIZANG; YUNNAN;

EID: 84880356173     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.06.014     Document Type: Article

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