Low and variable reproductive success of a neotropical tyrant-flycatcher, Chapada Flycatcher (Suiriri islerorum)

Emu

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-269

  França, Leonardo Fernandes ^a,b   Marini, Miguel Ângelo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cerrado; Nests; Passeriformes; Population decline; Predation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CERRADO; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; NEOTROPICAL REGION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; SUIRIRI; TYRANNIDAE;

EID: 70349201142     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU09052     Document Type: Article

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