Patch Size and Tree Species Influence the Number and Duration of Bird Visits in Forest Restoration Plots in Southern Costa Rica

Efforts to restore tropical forest in abandoned pasture are likely to be more successful when bird visitation is promoted because birds disperse seeds and eat herbivorous arthropods that damage leaves. Thus, it is critical to understand bird behavior in relation to different restoration strategies....

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Veröffentlicht in:	Restoration ecology 2009-07, Vol.17 (4), p.479-486
Hauptverfasser:	Fink, Rebecca D., Lindell, Catherine A., Morrison, Emily B., Zahawi, Rakan A., Holl, Karen D.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	abandoned pasture Arthropoda Aves Birds Costa Rica Dispersal Environmental restoration Erythrina Forests Inga Inga edulis neotropical birds Ramphocelus costaricensis Trees tropical pasture restoration
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