Habitat relationships of forest birds on Tutuila Island, American Samoa

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1191-1213

  Freifeld, H B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b Dept of Mar and Wildl Rsrc ASG ^*  (American Samoa)

^c CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest birds; Habitat relationships; Human disturbance; Island ecology; Pacific Islands; Samoa

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; HABITAT SELECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

AMERICAN SAMOA;

APLONIS ATRIFUSCA; AVES; CARDINALIS; GALLIFORMES; MOHO BRACCATUS; MYZOMELA CARDINALIS; PTILINOPUS PORPHYRACEUS; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0033375163     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00349.x     Document Type: Article

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