Environmental correlates of avian diversity in lowland Panama rain forests

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 802-815

  Rompré, Ghislain ^a   Robinson, W Douglas ^b   Desrochers, André ^a   Angehr, George ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Avian diversity; Biogeographical history; Distribution patterns; Environmental correlates; Habitat heterogeneity; Neotropical rain forest; Panama Canal corridor; Path analysis; Plant species richness; Species sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; AVIFAUNA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOLOGY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA CANAL; PANAMA CANAL ZONE;

AVES;

EID: 34247199017     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01657.x     Document Type: Article

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