Territory switching and floating in White-bellied Antbird (Myrmeciza longipes), a resident tropical passerine in Panama

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 486-496

  Fedy, Bradley C ^a,b   Stutchbury, Bridget J M ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; PASSERINE; TERRITORIALITY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

AVES; MYRMECIZA; MYRMECIZA LONGIPES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 2942534718     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/auk/121.2.486     Document Type: Article

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