Long-term variation in the winter resident bird community of Guánica Forest, Puerto Rico: Lessons for measuring and monitoring species richness

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 270-278

  Faaborg, John ^a   Dugger, Katie M ^b   Arendt, Wayne J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Mist netting; Neotropical migrants; Puerto Rico; Species richness; Winter residents

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 34548246445     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: 15579263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2007.00114.x     Document Type: Article

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