Avian rarity in ten cloud-forest communities in the Andes of Ecuador: Implications for conservation

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1365-1375

  Poulsen, Bent Otto ^a   Krabbe, Niels ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Birds; Cloud forest; Conservation; Ecuador; Rarity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; CLOUD FOREST; CONSERVATION; RARITY;

ANDES; ECUADOR;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0030663373     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018337713601     Document Type: Article

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