Bird species distribution in a complex Amazonian landscape: Species diversity, compositional variability and biotic-environmental relationships

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 106-118

  Borges, Sérgio Henrique ^a,b  

^a MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^b Fundacao Vitoria Amazonica   (Brazil)

Author keywords

bird distribution; Brazilian Amazon; ecological gradients; soil diversity

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 84889585406     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: 17445140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650521.2013.841627     Document Type: Article

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