Distribution, natural history and conservation status of two endemics of the Bolivian Yungas, Bolivian Recurvebill Simoxenops striatus and Yungas Antwren Myrmotherula grisea

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 331-348

  Herzog, Sebastian K ^a,b   Hennessey, A Bennett ^a   Kessler, Michael ^a   García Solíz, Víctor H ^a  

^a Asociacion Armonia BirdLife International   (Bolivia)

^b INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANDES; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; CHUSQUEA; GUADUA; MYRMOTHERULA GRISEA; SIMOXENOPS STRIATUS;

EID: 55349085135     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270908007491     Document Type: Article

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