Habitat fragmentation lowers survival of a tropical forest bird

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 838-846

  Ruiz Gutiérrez, Viviana ^a,b   Gavin, Thomas A ^a   Dhondt, André A ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent survival; Capture mark recapture analysis; Corapipo altera; Costa Rica; Neotropical forests; White ruffed manakin

Indexed keywords

BIRD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; LAS CRUCES BIOLOGICAL STATION FOREST RESERVE; PUNTARENAS;

AVES; CORAPIPO ALTERA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SONGBIRD; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; SEX FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 50549095054     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1090.1     Document Type: Article

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