Indicator species for avian biodiversity hotspots: Combination of specialists and generalists is necessary in less natural environments

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 27, Issue , 2015, Pages 54-62

  Morelli, Federico ^a  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Birds; Cultivated; Forest; Predictive power; Surrogate species; Taxonomical diversity; Urban

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIRD; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURROGATE METHOD; TAXONOMY; URBAN AREA;

ITALY;

AVES;

EID: 84939128235     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2015.06.006     Document Type: Article

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