Local extinctions in flocking birds in Amazonian forest fragments

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 129-148

  Van Houtan, Kyle S ^a   Pimm, Stuart L ^a   Bierregaard Jr , Richard O ^b,c   Lovejoy, Thomas E ^b,d   Stouffer, Philip C ^b,e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^d H John Heinz III Center for Science   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BDFFP; Correlates of extinction; Flocking propensity; Fragmentation; Understory flocks

Indexed keywords

AVES; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 32144458759     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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