Density estimates of birds inhabiting fragments of cloud forest in southern Ecuador

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-79

  Jacobs, Mark D ^a   Walker, Jon S ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MONTANE FOREST; POPULATION DENSITY;

ECUADOR;

ANDIGENA HYPOGLAUCA; BUTHRAUPIS MONTANA; CACICUS LEUCORAMPHUS; CYANOLYCA TURCOSA; HAPALOPSITTACA PYRRHOPS; LEPTOSITTACA BRANICKII; PENELOPE BARBATA; PIONUS SENILOIDES; PIPREOLA ARCUATA; TURDUS FUSCATER;

EID: 0032799912     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270900003361     Document Type: Article

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