Migratory bird use of shade coffee: The role of structural and floristic features

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-94

  Bakermans, Marja H ^a,d   Rodewald, Amanda D ^a   Vitz, Andrew C ^a,e   Rengifo, Carlos ^b,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Estacion Ornitologica La Mucuy   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerulean Warbler; Floristic; Foraging; Habitat; Neotropical migratory birds; Shade coffee; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

COFFEE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FLORISTICS; FORAGE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PLANTATION; SHADING; SONGBIRD; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANDES; VENEZUELA;

ACNISTUS ARBORESCENS; AVES; DENDROICA CERULEA; ERYTHRINA (BIRD); INGA;

EID: 84861226608     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-011-9389-0     Document Type: Article

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