Multi-species territoriality and dynamic of neotropical forest understorey bird flocks

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 227-252

  Jullien, Mathilde ^a,b   Thiollay, Jean Marc ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest birds; Mixed flocks; Neotropics; Stable territoriality; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

FLOCKING; FOREST BIRD; MIXED-SPECIES FLOCK; TERRITORIALITY;

FRENCH GUIANA;

EID: 0031980245     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1998.00171.x     Document Type: Article

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