Bird diversity in cacao farms and forest fragments of western Panama

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2245-2256

  Van Bael, Sunshine A ^a,b   Bichier, Peter ^a   Ochoa, Isis ^b   Greenberg, Russell ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem; Bird diversity; Bocas del Toro; Migratory birds; Theobroma cacao

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; CANOPY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EVERGREEN TREE; FARM; MIGRATORY SPECIES; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BOCAS DEL TORO; CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

AVES; EMBERIZINAE; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 34447100963     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9193-3     Document Type: Article

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