Winter avian distribution and relative abundance in six terrestrial habitats on southern Eleuthera, The Bahamas

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 88-100

  Currie, Dave ^a   Wunderle Jr , Joseph M ^a   Ewert, David N ^b   Davis, Ancilleno ^c   McKenzie, Zeko ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c BAHAMAS NATIONAL TRUST   (Bahamas)

Author keywords

Avian habitat use; Dendroica kirtlandii; Disturbance ecology; Geothlypis rostrata; Nearctic Neotropical migrant birds; Saurothera merlini

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; ELEUTHERA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ARAMUS GUARAUNA; AVES; CAROLINENSIS; DENDROICA KIRTLANDII; DENDROICA PALMARUM; DUMETELLA CAROLINENSIS; GALLIFORMES; GEOTHLYPIS ROSTRATA; GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS; LOXIGILLA VIOLACEA; NEARCTIC; ROSTRATA; SAUROTHERA MERLINI; TIARIS BICOLOR; VIREO CRASSIROSTRIS;

EID: 18744373611     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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