Functional connectivity experiments reflect routine movement behavior of a tropical hummingbird species

Ecological Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2122-2131

  Volpe, Noelia L ^a   Hadley, Adam S ^a   Robinson, W Douglas ^a   Betts, Matthew G ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corridors; Costa Rica; Fragmentation; Functional connectivity; Green Hermit hummingbird; Landscape; Las Cruces biological station; Matrix avoidance; Movement behavior; Phaethornis guy; Pollinators; Step selection function; Translocation experiments

Indexed keywords

BIRD; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MOVEMENT; TRANSLOCATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PHAETHORNIS GUY; TROCHILIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIRD; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTOR; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84919326431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-2168.1     Document Type: Article

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