Forest fragmentation alters microhabitat availability for Neotropical terrestrial insectivorous birds

Biological Conservation

Volumn 188, Issue , 2015, Pages 109-115

  Stratford, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Stouffer, Philip C ^b,c  

^a WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antbirds; Fragmentation; Microhabitat; Rainforest; Terrestrial insectivores; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INSECTIVORE; MARKOV CHAIN; MICROHABITAT; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; RAINFOREST; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOLERANCE; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; MANAUS;

AVES; CONOPOPHAGA AURITA; CORYTHOPIS TORQUATA; FORMICARIUS ANALIS; FORMICARIUS COLMA; GRALLARIA VARIA; HYLOPEZUS MACULARIUS; MYRMECIZA FERRUGINEA; MYRMORNIS TORQUATA; MYRMOTHERA CAMPANISONA;

EID: 84937847238     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.01.017     Document Type: Article

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