Kirtland's Warblers in anthropogenically disturbed early-successional habitats on Eleuthera, the Bahamas

Condor

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 123-137

  Wunderle Jr , Joseph M ^a   Currie, Dave ^a,b   Helmer, Eileen H ^a   Ewert, David N ^c   White, Jennifer D ^a,b   Ruzycki, Thomas S ^d   Parresol, Bernard ^e   Kwit, Charles ^f,g,h  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^b Puerto Rican Conservation Foundation   (Puerto Rico)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^f MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendroica kirtlandii; Early succession; Frugivory; Kirtland's Warbler; Nonbreeding habitat

Indexed keywords

AVES; CAPRA HIRCUS; CHIOCOCCA ALBA; DENDROICA KIRTLANDII; ERITHALIS FRUTICOSA; LANTANA; LANTANA INVOLUCRATA;

EID: 77949468448     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2010.090134     Document Type: Article

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