Forest bird community structure in central Panama: Influence of spatial scale and biogeography

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 209-235

  Robinson, W Douglas ^a,c   Brawn, Jeffrey D ^b   Robinson, Scott K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Biogeographic history; Biomass; Birds; Community structure; Neotropical forest; Panama; Spatial scale; Species diversity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SCALE EFFECT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

PANAMA;

EID: 0033820819     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2000)070[0209:FBCSIC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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