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Bird communities as indicators of stand structural complexity in fragmented Afrotropical rainforests


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Type
Research project
Status
completed
Date
January 2007 - January 2008
Promotor(s)
Martin Hermy, Bart Muys 
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Abstract
<!-- content starts here --><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="Content" -->Habitat loss, disturbance and isolation threaten long term survival of flora and fauna in fragmented Afrotropical cloud forests. The objective of this research project is to contribute to the development of management and restoration techniques for such forest fragments, in particular for the forests of Taita Hills, Kenya. The aim is to assess the efficiency of bird communities as an ecological low-tech indicator of stand structural complexity compared to labor intensive species composition and stand structure measurements
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Habitat loss, management, restoration 
 

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Staff Export staff
 

Title Name Role Starting Ending
Prof. Dr Hermy, Martin promotor January 2007 January 2008
Prof. Dr Ir Muys, Bart promotor January 2007 January 2008
Dr Aerts, Raf member January 2007 January 2008

Orgunits
 

Name Institution
Forest Ecology and Management K.U.Leuven

Funding sources
 

Funding programme %
FWO - National and International Scientific Mobility
KUL research fund
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