High apparent annual survival and stable territory dynamics of Chestnut-backed Antbird (Myrmeciza exsul) in a large Costa Rican rain forest preserve

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-23

  Woltmann, Stefan ^a   Sherry, Thomas W ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; JUVENILE; LANDSCAPE; NATURE RESERVE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RAINFOREST; SURVIVAL; TERRITORY; VULNERABILITY;

COSTA RICA;

AVES; MYRMECIZA EXSUL; THAMNOPHILIDAE;

EID: 79951911194     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/10-017.1     Document Type: Article

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