Sources of variation in the nesting success of understory tropical birds

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-68

  Brawn, Jeffrey D ^a   Angehr, George ^b   Davros, Nicole ^a   Robinson, W Douglas ^c   Styrsky, Jennifer N ^d   Tarwater, Corey E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Oregon State Univ ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CAVITY; FITNESS; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NESTING SUCCESS; PROBABILITY; SURVIVAL; UNDERSTORY;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

AVES;

EID: 79952020708     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.04897.x     Document Type: Article

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