Use of arboreal termitaria by nesting birds in the Peruvian Amazon

Condor

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 529-538

  Brightsmith, Donald J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brotogeris cyanoptera; Brotogeris sanctithomae; Cavity nesting; Dolichoderus ants; Nasutitermes termites; Parakeet; Trogon melanurus

Indexed keywords

ARATINGA; AVES; BROTOGERIS CYANOPTERA; BROTOGERIS SANCTITHOMAE; DOLICHODERUS; FORMICIDAE; ISOPTERA; NASUTITERMES; TERMITARIA; TROGON MELANURUS; TROGONIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033846272     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369783     Document Type: Article

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