Bird community comparisons of four plantations and conservation concerns in South China

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 97-106

  Zou, Fasheng ^a,b   Yang, Qiongfang ^a,b   Lin, Yongbiao ^c   Xu, Guoliang ^c   Greenberg, Russell ^d  

^a Guangdong Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b South China Institute of Endangered Animals   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Babbler conservation; Bird community; Changing planting ways; Plantations; Tree species selection

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BABBLER CONSERVATION; BIOTA; BIRD; BIRD COMMUNITY; CHANGING PLANTING WAYS; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTATIONS; POPULATION DENSITY; TREE; TREE SPECIES SELECTION;

BABBLER CONSERVATION; BIRD COMMUNITY; CHANGING PLANTING WAYS; PLANTATIONS; TREE SPECIES SELECTION;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOTA; BIRDS; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREES;

EID: 84897431760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12037     Document Type: Article

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