Videography of Panama bird nests shows snakes are principal predators

Ornitologia Neotropical

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 187-195

  Robinson, W Douglas ^a   Rompré, Ghislain ^b   Robinson, Tara R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Bird nest predation; Hylophylax; Myrmeciza; Panama; Predators; Pseustes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33444456906     PISSN: 10754377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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