Assessing habitat quality for a migratory songbird wintering in natural and agricultural habitats

Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1433-1444

  Johnson, Matthew D ^a   Sherry, Thomas W ^b   Holmes, Richard T ^c   Marra, Peter P ^d  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

American Redstart; Body condition; Body mass; Coffee; Density; Jamaica; Neotropical migrant; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT QUALITY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PLANTATION; POPULATION DECLINE; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST; WINTER;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SONGBIRD;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; CITRUS; PASSERI; SETOPHAGA; SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA;

EID: 33748530402     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00490.x     Document Type: Article

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