Bird faunas of the humid montane forests of Mesoamerica: Biogeographic patterns and priorities for conservation

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 1995, Pages 251-277

  Hernández Baños, Blanca E ^a   Peterson, A Townsend ^b   Navarro Sigüenza, Adolfo G ^a   Escalante Pliego, B Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION; HUMID TROPICAL FOREST; MONTANE FOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; GUATEMALA; MEXICO; PANAMA;

EID: 0028847802     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270900001039     Document Type: Article

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