Conservation of Tropical Birds, 2011, p.109-125
2011
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Fire and the Conservation of Tropical Birds
- Ist Teil von
- Conservation of Tropical Birds, 2011, p.109-125
- Ort / Verlag
- Oxford, UK: Wiley‐Blackwell
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2011
- Link zum Volltext
- Quelle
- Wiley Online Library All Obooks
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Direct effects of fire Indirect effects of fire and altered fire regimes Altered fire regimes in fire‐dependent ecosystems Altered fire regimes in fire‐sensitive ecosystems Interaction between fires and other threats to tropical birds Managing fire for bird conservation Birds and post‐fire regeneration Conclusion
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISBN: 9781444334821, 1444334824DOI: 10.1002/9781444342611.ch5Titel-ID: cdi_wiley_ebooks_10_1002_9781444342611_ch5_ch5
- Format
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- Schlagworte
- altered fire regimes in fire‐dependent ecosystems ‐ those “where fire is essential, and species have evolved adaptations to respond positively to fire”, critically endangered bird species ‐ threatened by changes in fire regime, ecological parallels between fire and herbivory ‐ consuming plant material, strong influence on vegetation composition and structure, fire and conservation of tropical birds ‐ consequences of fires for bird conservation, context specific, multitude of complex factors and variability in life history strategies, fire regimes, intact within ‐ their range of natural variability, fire, as an evolutionary and ecological force ‐ in tropical biomes, shifts in fire‐regimes impacting present‐day conservation of tropical birds, fires, determinant of bird community structure ‐ in savanna systems, humid forests, widespread fire‐sensitive ecosystem ‐ in the tropics, South African savannas, picture of change ‐ high proportion of grassland species, locally extinct over time, three contrasting responses to fire ‐ exhibited by most abundant arboreal‐gleaning insectivorous species, captured in forest understorey, in the Central Brazilian Amazon