Impacts of agricultural intensification on avian richness at multiple scales in Dry Chaco forests

Biological Conservation

Volumn 179, Issue , 2014, Pages 63-71

  Mastrangelo, Matías E ^a,b,c   Gavin, Michael C ^d  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^c National Council of Research and Technology ^*  (Argentina)

^d Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Warner College of Natural Resources Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural matrix; Bird diversity; Frontier landscape; Gran Chaco; Silvopastoral systems; Spatial scales

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CATTLE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HABITAT QUALITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARGENTINA; CHACO [ARGENTINA];

AVES;

EID: 84907480574     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.08.020     Document Type: Article

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