Apparent survival estimates for five species of tropical birds in an endangered forest habitat in western Ecuador

Biotropica

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 764-769

  Parker, T H ^a,d   Becker, C D ^b,c   Sandercock, B K ^a   Agreda, A E ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c EARTHWATCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonche Hills; Mark recapture; Program mark; South America; Time since marking

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIRD; CONSERVATION STATUS; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

COLONCHE HILLS; ECUADOR; GUAYAS; SOUTH AMERICA;

ADELOMYIA; ADELOMYIA MELANOGENYS; AVES; COTINGA; HELIODOXA; HELIODOXA JACULA; HENICORHINA; HENICORHINA LEUCOPHRYS; PHAETHORNIS; SCHIFFORNIS; SCHIFFORNIS TURDINUS; TROCHILIDAE; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES;

EID: 33750287706     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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