Generalizability of neotropical bird abundance and richness models

Animal Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 445-455

  Lindell, Catherine A ^a   Chomentowski, W H ^a   Zook, J R ^b   Kaiser, S A ^a,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute for Wildlife Studies ^*  (Costa Rica)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance models; Costa Rica; Land cover change; Neotropical; Species richness models; Understory birds

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; CANOPY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; LAND COVER; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; MONTEVERDE; PUNTARENAS;

AVES; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 33750213374     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2006.00060.x     Document Type: Article

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