Gap-crossing movements predict species occupancy in Amazonian forest fragments

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 280-290

  Lees, Alexander C ^a   Peres, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIRD; DISPERSAL; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GAP DYNAMICS; LANDSCAPE; LIFE HISTORY; NATURE CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 58849089177     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.16842.x     Document Type: Article

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