Patterns and magnitude of temporal change in avian communities in the ecuadorian andes

Condor

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-40

  Latta, Steven C ^a   Tinoco, Boris A ^b   Astudillo, Pedro X ^c   Graham, Catherine H ^b  

^a National Aviary   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL AZUAY   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Avian abundance; Climate change; Habitat change; Land use; Monitoring; P ramo; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 79957734221     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2011.090252     Document Type: Article

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