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Population Studies Of Migratory Birds In Virgin Islands National Park, Robert A. Askins, David N. Ewert
Population Studies Of Migratory Birds In Virgin Islands National Park, Robert A. Askins, David N. Ewert
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The majority of the individual songbirds nesting in the deciduous forests of eastern North America migrate to the West Indies, Central America and South America during the winter. They typically spend more than six months in tropical winter habitats. Until recently relatively little was known about their habitat requirements during the winter, but increasing concern about declining pcpulations of many migratory songbirds combined with widespread alarm about the rapid destruction of tropical forests has led to a flurry of research on this subject (Terborgh, 1989; Askins et al. 1990). In 1987 we initiated a study of the ecology and behavior …
Forest Fragmentation And The Decline Of Migratory Songbirds, Robert A. Askins
Forest Fragmentation And The Decline Of Migratory Songbirds, Robert A. Askins
Biology Faculty Publications
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