Avian distribution in treefall gaps and understorey of terra firme forest in the lowland Amazon

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Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 109-129

  Wunderle Jr , Joseph M ^a   Willig, Michael R ^b   Henriques, Luiza Magalli Pinto ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CANOPY GAP; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNDERSTORY;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; FORMICIDAE; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 13444267552     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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