Adaptation of bird communities to farmland abandonment in a mountain landscape.

PloS one

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Guilherme, João Lopes ^a   Miguel Pereira, Henrique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84897923812     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073619     Document Type: Article

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