Ecology and conservation of avian insectivores of the rainforest understory: A pantropical perspective

Biological Conservation

Volumn 188, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-10

  Powell, Luke L ^a,b   Cordeiro, Norbert J ^c,d   Stratford, Jeffrey A ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^e WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Fragmentation; Mixed species flocks; Pantropical; Rainforests; Understory insectivores

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INSECTIVORE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; ORNITHOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE; RAINFOREST; SENTINEL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY; VULNERABILITY;

AFRICA; ASIA; CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

AVES; ELAEIS;

EID: 85028213670     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.03.025     Document Type: Article

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