Home-range size, habitat use, and reproduction of the ivory-billed Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus flavigaster) in dry forest of western Mexico

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-151

  Vega Rivera, Jorge H ^a   Ayala, Dalia ^a   Haas, Carola A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrocolaptidae; Habitat selection; Tropical dry forest; Western mexico; Xiphorhynchus flavigaster

Indexed keywords

AVES; DENDROCOLAPTIDAE; FORMICIDAE; VERTEBRATA; XIPHORHYNCHUS; XIPHORHYNCHUS FLAVIGASTER;

EID: 0038731139     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-74.2.141     Document Type: Article

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