Bird communities of natural and modified habitats in Panama

Ecography

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 292-304

  Petit, Lisa J ^a   Petit, Daniel R ^b   Christian, Daniel G ^c   Powell, Hugh D W ^d  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA;

PINUS CARIBAEA; AVES; BOS; RAPTORES; SACCHARUM;

EID: 0033020219     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1999.tb00505.x     Document Type: Article

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