A comparison of bird richness, abundance and trophic organization in forests of Ecuador and Denmark: Are high-altitude Andean forests temperate or tropical?

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 615-636

  Poulsen, Bent Otto ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Danish Ornithological Society   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abundance; Birds; Denmark; Ecuador; High altitude forest; Latitude; Richness; Temperate forest; Trophic organization; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LATITUDE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE FOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

DENMARK; ECUADOR;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0036331547     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467402002407     Document Type: Article

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