Species richness and guild composition in rubber plantations compared to secondary forest on Hainan Island, China

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1117-1128

  Li, Shining ^a   Zou, Fasheng ^b   Zhang, Qiang ^b   Sheldon, Frederick H ^c  

^a Forestry Institute of Hainan Province   (China)

^b Guangdong Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird conservation; Endemic species; Hainan Island; Rubber plantation; Semi deciduous monsoon forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GUILD; MONSOON; RUBBER; SECONDARY FOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CHINA; HAINAN;

ALOPHOIXUS PALLIDUS; ARBOROPHILA ARDENS; AVES; CHALCOPHAPS INDICA; GALLUS GALLUS; GARRULAX MAESI; HEMIXOS CASTANONOTUS; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; MEGALAIMA OORTI; NEPTUNIA; PITTA SOROR;

EID: 84884282278     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-013-9624-y     Document Type: Article

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