Do birds select habitat or food resources? Nearctic-neotropic migrants in northeastern Costa Rica.

Nearctic-neotropic migrant birds need to replenish energy reserves during stopover periods to successfully complete their semiannual movements. In this study we used linear models to examine the habitat use of 11 migrant species in northeastern Costa Rica to better understand the influence of food a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jared D Wolfe, Matthew D Johnson, C John Ralph
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3904878?pdf=render