Mixed bird flocks: Patterns of activity and species composition in a region of the Central Andes of Colombia

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 639-651

  Arbeláez Cortés, Enrique ^a,b   Rodríguez Correa, Hernando A ^a,c   Restrepo Chica, Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL QUINDÍO   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

La patasola natural reserve; Montane forest; Quindio; South america; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AVES; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 79960610694     PISSN: 18703453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22201/ib.20078706e.2011.2.468     Document Type: Article

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