The scale of community structure: Habitat variation and avian guilds in tropical forest understory

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-39

  Pearman, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antbirds; Avian guilds; Ecuador; Foliage gleaner; Frugivore; Habitat selection; Insectivore; Landscape; Remote sensing; Scale; Species richness; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GUILD STRUCTURE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONIA; ECUADOR;

AVES; FORMICIDAE; GALLIFORMES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0036165127     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2002)072[0019:TSOCSH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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