Habitat and Life History Determinants of Antbird Occurrence in Variable-Sized Amazonian Forest Fragments

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 614-621

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antpitta; Antthrush; Edge specialists; Extinction; Forest disturbance; Formicariids; Myrmotherula; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAMBOO; ENDEMISM; EXTINCTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NICHE; PASSERINE; PATCH SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO;

AVES; CONOPOPHAGIDAE; FORMICARIIDAE; MYRMOTHERULA; PASSERIFORMES; THAMNOPHILIDAE;

EID: 77956525593     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00625.x     Document Type: Article

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