Determinants of diversity in a naturally fragmented landscape: Humid montane forest avifaunas of Mesoamerica

Ecography

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 582-589

  Watson, David M ^a   Peterson, A Townsend ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MONTANE FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0032882753     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1999.tb00547.x     Document Type: Article

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