Bird communities in rainforest fragments: Guild responses to habitat variables in Tabasco, Mexico

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 173-190

  Arriaga Weiss, Stefan L ^a,b   Calmé, Sophie ^b   Kampichler, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ AUTÓNOMA DE TABASCO   (Mexico)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Birds; Feeding guild; Fragment size; Habitat structure; Mexico; Tropical rainforest fragmentation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISTURBANCE; FOREST CLEARANCE; GUILD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INSECTIVORE; RAINFOREST; RAPTOR;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TABASCO;

AVES; RAPTORES;

EID: 38149082043     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9238-7     Document Type: Article

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