Distance from the forest edge matters in habitat selection of the Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 845-852

  Montes Medina, Adolfo Christian ^a   Drummond, Hugh ^a   Kim, Sin Yeon ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Habitat selection; Nest location; Sula nebouxii

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SITE; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT SELECTION; NESTING;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; SULA NEBOUXII; SULIDAE;

EID: 70349750215     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-009-0405-3     Document Type: Article

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