The evolution of avian migration systems between temperate and tropical regions of the New World

GW Cox - The American Naturalist, 1985 - journals.uchicago.edu
The Nearctic-Neotropical bird migration system is one of the major phenomena of vertebrate
ecology and evolution. The origin of this system has been accompanied by a coevolutionary …

Habitat selection by nonbreeding, migratory land

RL Hutto - Habitat selection in birds, 1985 - books.google.com
456 Richard L. Hutto tridge, 1978, for a similar perspective). For the purposes of this report, a
habitat will be defined as a spatially contiguous vegetation type that appears more or less …

Use of Amazonian forest fragments by understory insectivorous birds

PC Stouffer, RO Bierregaard Jr - Ecology, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
We sampled understory insectivorous birds in Amazonian forest fragments from before
isolation through 9 yr after isolation. We accumulated 3658 mist net captures of 84 …

Evolutionary precursors of long-distance migration: resource availability and movement patterns in Neotropical landbirds

DJ Levey, FG Stiles - The American Naturalist, 1992 - journals.uchicago.edu
Seasonal movements are common in Neotropical forest birds. Species that engage in the
largest movements, altitudinal and intratropical migrants, are predominantly frugivores or …

[图书][B] The ecology of the mangroves of south Florida: a community profile

WE Odum, CC McIvor, TJ Smith - 1982 - books.google.com
This profile of the mangrove community of south Florida is one in a series of community
profiles which treat coastal and marine habitats i:, ortant to man. The obvious work that …

[图书][B] Tropical rain forest ecology, diversity, and conservation

J Ghazoul, D Sheil - 2010 - books.google.com
Rain forests represent the world's richest repository of terrestrial biodiversity, and play a
major role in regulating the global climate. They support the livelihoods of a substantial …

Effects of food availability on the distribution of migratory warblers among habitats in Jamaica

MD Johnson, TW Sherry - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2001 - JSTOR
1. Theoretical arguments suggest that distributions of migratory birds in winter should match
patterns of food availability, but in reality the match between migrants and their food may be …

Cause and effect in population declines of migratory birds

JH Rappole, MV McDonald - The Auk, 1994 - academic.oup.com
Population declines have been reported for nearly one-third of all Nearctic migrant birds that
winter in the Neotropics. Speculative explanations for these reports have been presented …

Influence of resource abundance on use of tree-fall gaps by birds in an isolated woodlot

JG Blake, WG Hoppes - The Auk, 1986 - academic.oup.com
The occurrence of birds in forest understory and tree-fall gaps during spring and fall
migration periods was determined in an isolated woodlot. We used mist-net captures to test …

Population structure, territoriality and overwinter survival of two migrant warbler species in Jamaica

RT Holmes, TW Sherry, L Reitsma - The Condor, 1989 - academic.oup.com
We studied the ecology and behavior of American Redstarts (Setophaga ruticilla) and Black-
throated Blue Warblers (Dendroica caerulescens) on their wintering grounds in Jamaica …