Behaviour and ecology of birds in tropical rain forest canopies

Plant Ecology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 193-202

  Winkler, H ^a   Preleuthner, M ^a  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Behavioural flexibility; Ecomorphology; Foraging; Frugivory; Habitat

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AVIFAUNA; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CANOPY; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FOREST;

VENEZUELA;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034808324     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017595321548     Document Type: Conference Paper

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