Sacred forests are keystone structures for forest bird conservation in southwest China’s Himalayan Mountains
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0006-3207/$ see front matter 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2013.06.014 ⇑ Corresponding author at: School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States. Tel.: +1 (734) 764 9542. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (J.S. Brandt), [email protected] (E.M. Wood), [email protected] (A.M. Pidgeon), [email protected] (L.-X. Han), [email protected] (Z. Fang), [email protected] (V.C. Radeloff). Jodi S. Brandt a,b,⇑, Eric M. Wood , Anna M. Pidgeon , Lian-Xian Han , Zhendong Fang , Volker C. Radeloff a
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