Bird community differences in mature and second growth garúa forest in Machalilla National Park, Ecuador

Ornitologia Neotropical

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-319

  Becker, C Dustin ^a   Ágreda, Ana ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Endemic birds; Gar a forest; Indicator species; Mature forest; Secondary forest; Tropical forest conservation; Western Ecuador

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745796557     PISSN: 10754377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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