Can variation in risk of nest predation explain altitudinal migration in tropical birds?

Oecologia

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 397-403

  Boyle, W Alice ^a,b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Elevational gradients; Evolution of migration; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIRD; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; NEST PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; NESTING; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREDATION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 39249083225     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0897-6     Document Type: Article

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