Heterogeneous movement of insectivorous Amazonian birds through primary and secondary forest: A case study using multistate models with radiotelemetry data

Biological Conservation

Volumn 188, Issue , 2015, Pages 100-108

  Powell, Luke L ^a,b   Wolfe, Jared D ^a,b,d   Johnson, Erik I ^a,b,e   Hines, James E ^c   Nichols, James D ^c   Stouffer, Philip C ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Fidelity fragmentation; Movement probability; Multistate models; Neotropical birds; Secondary forest

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DATA SET; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FORESTRY MODELING; FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; HETEROGENEITY; INSECTIVORY; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; RAINFOREST; SECONDARY FOREST; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FORMICARIUS COLMA; GLYPHORYNCHUS SPIRURUS; XIPHORHYNCHUS PARDALOTUS;

EID: 84937826639     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.01.028     Document Type: Article

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