Long-term demographic consequences of habitat fragmentation to a tropical understory bird community

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2548-2559

  Korfanta, Nicole M ^a   Newmark, William D ^b   Kauffman, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent survival; Biodiversity hotspot; Deforestation; Eastern Arc; Fragmentation; Mark recapture; Population growth rate; Recruitment; Seniority; Tanzania; Tropical; Understory bird

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; DEFORESTATION; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; EXTINCTION RISK; FECUNDITY; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DECLINE; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; UNDERSTORY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TANZANIA; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TANZANIA; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EASTERN ARC MOUNTAINS; TANGA [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA; USAMBARA MOUNTAINS;

AVES;

EID: 84871754684     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1345.1     Document Type: Article

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