Avian foraging behavior in two different types of coffee agroecosystem in Chiapas, Mexico

Biotropica

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 232-240

  Dietsch, Thomas V ^a,b,c   Perfecto, Ivette ^a   Greenberg, Russell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Floristic diversity; Frugivory; Insectivory; Nectivory; Neotropics; Seasonal variation; Tropical agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIRD; COFFEE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUGIVORY; INSECTIVORY; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESOURCE USE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL REGION;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 33846984275     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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