Effect of fragmentation on the Costa Rican dry forest avifauna

Deforestation and changes in land use have reduced the tropical dry forest to isolated forest patches in northwestern Costa Rica. We examined the effect of patch area and length of the dry season on nestedness of the entire avian community, forest fragment assemblages, and species occupancy across f...

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Main Authors: Gilbert Barrantes, Diego Ocampo, José D. Ramírez-Fernández, Eric J. Fuchs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-09-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/2422.pdf