Breeding bird communities in an area of the Northern Apennines (Piedmont, NW Italy)

• Published in: Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia
• Main Authors: Franco Carpegna, Giovanni Soldato, Roberto Toffoli
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Italian
• Published: PAGEPress Publications 2019
• Subjects: bird communities; richness; abundance; dominance; diversity; Northern Apennines; Zoology; QL1-991; Parus; Alauda arvensis; Apus apus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2018.388; https://doaj.org/article/6ecd5567f45a4ec5bc3d5994f4c21537

During the Spring of 2011, we studied the bird community in an area of Val Borbera, in the province of Alessandria (NW Italy). In the study area, situated at an altitude between 655 and 1700 m a.s.l., we conducted 110 points count ten minutes each in four microhabitats (agricultural areas, shrubs, f...