A threshold response to habitat disturbance by forest birds in the Choco Andean corridor, Northwest Ecuador

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2421-2431

  Mordecai, Rua S ^a   Cooper, Robert J ^a   Justicia, Rebeca ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Fundacion Maquipucuna   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Canopy cover; Deforestation; Occupancy; Tropical andes; Use

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEFORESTATION; EMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; REGENERATION;

ANDES; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 70350620834     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9599-1     Document Type: Article

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