Tropical countryside riparian corridors provide critical habitat and connectivity for seed-dispersing forest birds in a fragmented landscape

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 156, Issue , 2015, Pages 343-353

  Şekercioğlu, Çağan H ^a,b   Loarie, Scott R ^c   Oviedo Brenes, Federico ^d   Mendenhall, Chase D ^e   Daily, Gretchen C ^e   Ehrlich, Paul R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Organization for Tropical Studies Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian ecology; Biodiversity conservation; Coffee; Ecological function; Ecosystem resilience; Ecosystem services; Habitat restoration; Rainforest regeneration; Rivers; Seed dispersal; Tropical ornithology

Indexed keywords

AVES; CORAPIPO ALTERA; LEPIDOTHRIX CORONATA;

EID: 84961882299     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-015-1299-x     Document Type: Review

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