Territory size of the flavescent warbler, Basileuterus flaveolus (Passeriformes, Emberizidae), in a forest fragment in Southeastern Brazil

Lundiana

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-33

  Duca, Charles ^a,b   Marini, Miguel  ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Basileuterus flaveolus; Birds; Pairing success; Territory size

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRAGMENTATION; MALE BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; TERRITORIALITY; TERRITORY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; BASILEUTERUS FLAVEOLUS; EMBERIZINAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 26044462455     PISSN: 16766180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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