Avian community dynamics in a fragmented tropical landscape

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1062-1073

  Borgella Jr , René ^a,b   Gavin, Thomas A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Community dynamics; Costa Rica; Extinction rate; Forest bird communities; Fragmentation; Logging; Mark release recapture; Patch size; Species richness; Tropical forest; Turnover rate

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FRAGMENTATION; PATCH SIZE; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SPECIES RICHNESS; TURNOVER;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 20444366231     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-0352     Document Type: Article

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