Patterns and causes of understory bird declines in human-disturbed tropical forest landscapes: A case study from Central America

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Biological Conservation

• Publication date

  2015-11-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.BIOCON.2015.05.018
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