Bird Community Structure Across Forest Habitats: A Study in the Kaladhungi Range of Ramnagar FD, Western Terai Arc Landscape (TAL), Uttarakhand

Arif Ahmad; Meraj Anwar; Ahmed Shaney Rehman

doi:10.36808/if/2026/v152i1/170681

Bird Community Structure Across Forest Habitats: A Study in the Kaladhungi Range of Ramnagar FD, Western Terai Arc Landscape (TAL), Uttarakhand

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Arif Ahmad Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248001 1WWF (Haldwani), Uttarakhand, India 2Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi
Meraj Anwar Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248001 1WWF (Haldwani), Uttarakhand, India 2Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi
Ahmed Shaney Rehman Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248001 1WWF (Haldwani), Uttarakhand, India 2Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi

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https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2026/v152i1/170681

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