Species composition of neotropical understory bird communities: Local versus regional perspectives based on capture data

Biotropica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-94

  Blake, John G ^a   Loiselle, Bette A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Bird community composition; Mist nets; Spatial variation; Species dominance; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 58149131476     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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