Producing Diversity: Agroforests Sustain Avian Richness and Abundance in India's Western Ghats
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Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, NY, USA, Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bangalore, India, 3 Environmental Science and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, 4 India Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bangalore, India, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA, 7 Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India, Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign-Urbana, IL, USA
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