Response of a bird assemblage in semiarid Chile to the 1997-1998 El Nino

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 527-535

  Jaksic, Fabian M ^a   Lazo, Ivan ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; POPULATION DENSITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES RARITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CHILE;

EID: 0033428586     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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