Tropical countryside bird assemblages: Richness, composition, and foraging differ by landscape context

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 235-247

  Luck, Gary W ^a   Daily, Gretchen C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscapes; Avian frugivores; Bird assemblages; Costa Rica; Countryside biogeography; Foraging behavior; Fragmentation; Isolated trees; Miconia trinervia; Species composition; Species richness; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FRUGIVORY; LAND USE CHANGE; PERSISTENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

(SOUTH); COSTA RICA;

AVES; CORAPIPO ALTERA; EMBERIZINAE; GALLIFORMES; MICONIA;

EID: 0037780464     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2003)013[0235:TCBARC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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