Quantifying differential responses to fruit abundance by two rainforest birds using long-term isotopic monitoring

Auk

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 783-792

  Herrera M , L Gerardo ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^b,c   Hernández C , Patricia ^a   Rodríguez G , Malinalli ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Habia fuscicauda; Mionectes oleagineus; Nitrogen 15; Nutritional ecology; Ochre bellied Flycatcher; Protein requirements; Rainforest; Red throated Ant Tanager; Stable isotope analysis; Tropical birds

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

LOS TUXTLAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; EMBERIZINAE; FORMICIDAE; HABIA FUSCICAUDA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MIONECTES OLEAGINEUS;

EID: 23044442670     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0783:QDRTFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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