Seasonal changes to Arthropod abundance in successional forests of the Yucatan Peninsula, with implications for overwintering forest birds

Ornitologia Neotropical

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-95

  Smith, Andrea L ^a   Robertson, Raleigh J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Dendroica magnolia; Dry season; Neotropics; Setophaga ruticilla; Successional forests; Yucatan peninsula

Indexed keywords

EID: 42349086299     PISSN: 10754377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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