Fragmentation and elevation effects on bird-army ant interactions in neotropical montane forest of Costa Rica

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 581-590

  Kumar, Anjali ^a   O'Donnell, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antbird; Cloud forest; Eciton burchellii; Habitat alteration; Labidus praedator; Monteverde

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIRD; BODY MASS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MONTANE FOREST; NEOTROPICAL REGION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; MONTEVERDE; PUNTARENAS;

AVES; ECITON BURCHELLI; ECITONINAE; FORMICIDAE; LABIDUS PRAEDATOR;

EID: 35348918095     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467407004270     Document Type: Article

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