Influences of fruit diversity and abundance on bird use of two shaded coffee plantations

Biotropica

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 602-614

  Carlo, Tomás A ^a,b,e   Collazo, Jaime A ^a   Groom, Martha J ^a,c,d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Avian foraging; Bird friendly coffee; Cecropia; Frugivory; Guarea; Phoradendron; Plant phenology; Puerto Rico; Schefflera; Shaded coffee plantations

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; PLANTATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARECIBO; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CIALES; GREATER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; PUERTO RICO; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CECROPIA; EUPHONIA; EUPHONIA MUSICA; GALLIFORMES; GUAREA; INGA VERA; LOXIGILLA; LOXIGILLA PORTORICENSIS; MICONIA; NESOSPINGUS SPECULIFERUS; PHORADENDRON; SCHEFFLERA; SPINDALIS; VIREO; VIREO ALTILOQUOUS;

EID: 12244293664     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2004.tb00354.x     Document Type: Article

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