A test of the environmental hotspot hypothesis for lek placement in three species of manakins (Pipridae) in Ecuador

Auk

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 247-258

  Ryder, Thomas B ^a   Blake, John G ^a   Loiselle, Bette A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Hotspot hypothesis; Lek placement; Male aggregation; Manakins; Pipridae

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; LEK; SITE FIDELITY; SITE SELECTION;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; PIPRA ERYTHROCEPHALA; PIPRIDAE;

EID: 32344443389     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[0247:ATOTEH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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