Loss of insectivorous birds along a gradient of human impact in Amazonia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-77

  Canaday, Christopher ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Consejo Ecuatoriano Conservacion I ^*  (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Edge effect; Furnarioidea; Insectivory; Rain forest; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

COFFEE PLANTATION; EDGE EFFECT; INSECTIVOROUS BIRD; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL MOIST FOREST;

AMAZONIA; CUYABENO WIDLIFE PRODUCTION RESERVE; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0029730351     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(95)00115-8     Document Type: Article

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