Long-term decline of a winter-resident bird community in Puerto Rico

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-75

  Faaborg, John ^a   Arendt, Wayne J ^b   Toms, Judith D ^a,e   Dugger, Katie M ^c   Cox, W Andrew ^a   Canals Mora, Miguel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Sabana Field Research Station   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DRNA Bosque de Guánica   (United States)

^e Eco Logic Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

American Redstart; Black and white Warbler; Ovenbird; Partners in Flight; Songbird population declines

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DRY FOREST; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MONITORING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SONGBIRD; TROPICAL FOREST;

GUANICA BIOSPHERE RESERVE; GUANICA FOREST; PUERTO RICO;

AVES; MNIOTILTA; PASSERI; SEIURUS; SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA;

EID: 84871508108     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0399-7     Document Type: Article

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