Consistency in bird use of tree cover across tropical agricultural landscapes

Ecological Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 158-168

  Mendoza, Sergio Vilchez ^a   Harvey, Celia A ^a,b   Sáenz, Joel C ^c   Casanoves, Fernando ^a   Carvajal, Jose Pablo ^c   Villalobos, Jorge González ^d   Hernandez, Blas ^e   Medina, Arnulfo ^f   Montero, Jorge ^c,g   Merlo, Dalia Sánchez ^a   Sinclair, Fergus L ^h,i  

^a CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^b Conservation International   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^d Área de Conservación Tortuguero Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía   (Costa Rica)

^e Museo Entomológico de León Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

^f Paso Pacífico ^*  (United States)

^g DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^h BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Birds; Costa Rica; Live fences; Matrix habitats; Nicaragua; Production landscapes; Riparian forests; Secondary forest; Trees in pasture.

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; HABITAT CONSERVATION; RIPARIAN FOREST; SECONDARY FOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

COSTA RICA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CENTRAL AMERICA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84893424869     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0585.1     Document Type: Article

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