Local extinctions of terrestrial insectivorous birds in a fragmented landscape near Manaus, Brazil

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1416-1423

  Stratford, Jeffrey A ^a   Stouffer, Philip C ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INSECTIVORE; LOCAL EXTINCTION; RAINFOREST;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0032713649     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.98494.x     Document Type: Article

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