Structure of avian assemblages in grasslands associated with cattle ranching and soybean agriculture in the Uruguayan savanna ecoregion of Brazil and Uruguay

Condor

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 53-63

  Da Silva, Thaiane Weinert ^a   Dotta, Graziela ^a,b   Fontana, Carla Suertegaray ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird density; Composition; Conservation; Grassland patches; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AVES; BOS; GLYCINE MAX; ZENAIDA AURICULATA;

EID: 84921466031     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/CONDOR-14-85.1     Document Type: Article

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