Structure and dynamics of mixed-species flocks in a Hawaiian rain forest

Auk

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 82-95

  Hart, Patrick J ^a,b   Freed, Leonard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; RAINFOREST;

HAWAII; UNITED STATES;

AVES; HAWAIIA; LOXOPS COCCINEUS; LOXOPS COCCINEUS COCCINEUS; OREOMYSTIS MANA;

EID: 0037229191     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090143     Document Type: Article

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