Agricultural coconut forest as habitat for the critically endangered Tuamotu Kingfisher (Todiramphus gambieri gertrudae)

Auk

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 283-292

  Coulombe, Gabrielle L ^a   Kesler, Dylan C ^a   Gouni, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Société d'Ornithologie de Polynésie MANU   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

Coconut agriculture; Foraging habitat; Pacific islands; Prescribed burning; Resource selection; Todiramphus gambieri; Tuamotu Kingfisher

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FALLOW; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SPACE USE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; NIAU; TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO;

ALCEDINIDAE; AVES; COCOS NUCIFERA; TODIRAMPHUS;

EID: 79957527507     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2011.10191     Document Type: Article

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