The genetic effects of forest fragmentation on five species of Amazonian birds

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 276-294

  Bates, John M ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRAGMENTATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE;

AVES; DENDROCOLAPTIDAE; GALLIFORMES; THAMNOPHILIDAE; TYRANNIDAE;

EID: 0036743632     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-048X.2002.330310.x     Document Type: Article

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