Seasonal differences in rainfall, food availability, and the foraging behavior of Tropical Kingbirds in the southern Amazon Basin;Diferencias entre temporadas en la lluvia, disponibilidad de comida y el comportamiento de forrajeo de Tyrannus melancholicus en el sur de la Cuenca Amazónica

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 340-348

  Jahn, Alex E ^a   Levey, Douglas J ^a   Mamani, Ana María ^b   Saldias, Mirtha ^b   Alcoba, Angélica ^b   Ledezma, María Julieta ^b   Flores, Betty ^b   Vidoz, Julián Quillén ^b   Hilarion, Fabián ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Capar biological station; Cerrado; Diet; Insect abundance; Tyrannus melancholicus

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; TYRANNUS; TYRANNUS MELANCHOLICUS;

EID: 78649722206     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: 15579263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2010.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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