Spatial variation in understory frugivorous birds in an Atlantic Forest fragment of southeastern Brazil

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Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 219-225

  Gomes, Verônica Souza Da Mota ^a,b   Silva, Wesley Rodrigues ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Frugivorous birds; Spatial variation; Understory

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 34547099399     PISSN: 01035657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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