Arthropod resource partitioning among omnivorous tanagers (Tangara spp.) in Western Ecuador

Auk

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 197-209

  Naoki, Kazuya ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Ecuador; Foraging ecology; Omnivorous tanagers; Tangara

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT; NICHE PARTITIONING; OMNIVORY; PASSERINE; RESOURCE USE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SYMPATRY;

ECUADOR; MINDO; PICHINCHA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; EMBERIZINAE; TANGARA;

EID: 33846796260     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[197:ARPAOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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