Determinants of partial bird migration in the amazon basin

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 983-992

  Jahn, Alex E ^a   Levey, Douglas J ^a   Hostetler, Jeffrey A ^a   Mamani, Ana María ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Bolivia; Cerrado; Flycatcher; Seasonality; Tyrannidae

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; DRY SEASON; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GRANIVORY; INSECTIVORE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LATITUDE; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; OMNIVORY; PASSERINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEASONALITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AMAZON BASIN; BOLIVIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; BOLIVIA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BOLIVIA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 78649757068     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01713.x     Document Type: Article

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