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Distribution and abundance of nearctic–neotropical songbird migrants in a forest restoration site in southern Costa Rica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2008

J. Leighton Reid ,
J. Berton C. Harris ,
Laura J. Martin ,
Jacob R. Barnett  and
Rakan A. Zahawi
J. Leighton Reid*
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
J. Berton C. Harris
Affiliation:
Research Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Mawson Bld., Room G39, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
Laura J. Martin
Affiliation:
Department of Natural Resources, Fernow Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Jacob R. Barnett
Affiliation:
36 Sargent Camp Rd. Hancock, NH 03449, USA
Rakan A. Zahawi
Affiliation:
Organization for Tropical Studies, Apartado 73–8257, San Vito de Coto Brus, Costa Rica
*
1Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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Many ecological relationships that are inherently reciprocal are often studied from one perspective only (Agrawal et al. 2007). One example is the interaction between tropical forests and nearctic-neotropical migratory songbirds (hereafter migrants). Several studies have determined that some migrant populations are limited by conditions at their tropical wintering grounds in Central America, South America and the Caribbean (Marra et al. 1998, Mills 2006); however, the ecological role of migrants in these tropical forests is poorly understood.

Keywords

nearctic-neotropical migratory songbirdsseed dispersaltropical forest restoration
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Short Communication
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 24 , Issue 6 , November 2008 , pp. 685 - 688
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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