A rapid assessment of Bolivian and Ecuadorian montane avifaunas using 20-species lists: Efficiency, biases and data gathered

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-67

  Poulsen, Bent Otto ^a   Krabbe, Niels ^a   Frølander, Amy ^a   Hinojosa, Marcelo B ^b   Quiroga, Carmen O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

AVIFAUNA; MONTANE AVIFAUNA; SAMPLING;

BOLIVIA; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA, ANDES;

EID: 0031407889     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270900001404     Document Type: Article

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