Patterns and causes of understory bird declines in human-disturbed tropical forest landscapes: A case study from Central America

Biological Conservation

Volumn 191, Issue , 2015, Pages 117-129

  Visco, Deborah M ^a   Michel, Nicole L ^b   Boyle, W Alice ^c   Sigel, Bryan J ^d   Woltmann, Stefan ^e   Sherry, Thomas W ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b University of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEVADA STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^e AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fragmentation; Neotropics; Population decline; Understory birds

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE; MICROCLIMATE; MICROHABITAT; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NEST PREDATION; POPULATION DECLINE; RAINFOREST; REPLACEMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIALIZATION; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

CARIBBEAN COAST [COSTA RICA]; COSTA RICA; HEREDIA; SARAPIQUI;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84933054231     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.05.018     Document Type: Review

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