Effects of landscape, land use and vegetation on bird community composition and diversity in Inner Anatolian steppes

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 182, Issue , 2014, Pages 37-46

  Ambarli, Didem ^a   Bilgin, C Can ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscape; Grassland birds; Grazing; Land abandonment; Multivariate analysis; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STEPPE; VEGETATION;

ANATOLIA; TURKEY;

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 84893717464     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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