Annual survival and turnover rates of an Afrotropical robin in a fragmented forest

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3315-3327

  Githiru, M ^a,b   Lens, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Forest fragmentation; Mortality; Recruitment; Robin; Taita Hills; Tropical

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; INCUBATION; MORTALITY; PREDATION; PROBABILITY; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL;

AFRICA; COAST PROVINCE; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TAITA HILLS;

AVES; POGONOCICHLA STELLATA;

EID: 33750696005     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-1213-6     Document Type: Article

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