Forest corridors facilitate movement of tropical forest birds after experimental translocations in a fragmented Neotropical landscape in Mexico

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 547-556

  Ibarra Macias, Ana ^a   Robinson, W Douglas ^b   Gaines, Michael S ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bird movement; connectivity; dispersal; forest fragmentation; Mexico; Palenque National Park; tropical forest

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 84865832028     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467411000186     Document Type: Article

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