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Avian community characteristics and demographics reveal how conservation value of regenerating tropical dry forest changes with forest age
Latta, Steven C.; Brouwer, Nathan L.; Mejía, Danilo A.; Paulino, María M. (2018)Expansion of secondary forests following the abandonment of agriculture may have important implications for bird conservation, but few studies have examined the dynamics of this process. We studied bird use of a chronosequence ... -
Bird records in a montane forest fragment of Western Sierra de Neiba, Dominican Republic
Rimmer, Christopher C.; Almonte M., Jesús; Garrido G., Esteban; Mejía, Danilo A.; Milagros P., María; Wieczoreck, Paul R. (2003)Abstract: We surveyed the montane forest bird community at 18001900 m elevation in western Sierra de Neiba, Dominican Republic during 68 February 2003. We documented a total of 36 species, of which 18 were recorded on point ... -
Breeding behavior of the endangered Hispaniolan Crossbill (Loxia megaplaga)
Latta, Steven C.; Sondreal, Marriah L.; Mejía, Danilo A. (2002)[English] The Hispaniolan White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera megaplaga), which is considered here as a full-species (Hispaniolan Crossbill, L. megaplaga), is endemic to Haiti and the Dominican Republic where it is ... -
Carry-over effects provide linkages across the annual cycle of a Neotropical migratory bird, the Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
Latta, Steven C.; Cabezas, Sonia; Mejía, Danilo A.; Paulino, María M.; Almonte, Hodali; Miller-Butterworth, Cassandra M.; Bortolotti, Gary R. (2015)Population limitation models of migratory birds have sought to include impacts from events across the full annual cycle. Previous work has shown that events occurring in winter result in some individuals transitioning to ... -
Great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) : a new species for Hispaniola
Mejía, Danilo A.; Paulino, María M.; Wallace, Kate; Latta, Steven C. (2009)Abstract: We report on the occurrence of a new vagrant bird species for Hispaniola, and only the third record of this species in the West Indies. The Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) was identified by sight and ... -
Nests and nesting behavior of Golden Swallow (Tachycineta euchrysea) in abandoned bauxite mines in the Dominican Republic
Townsend, Jason M.; Garrido, Esteban; Mejía, Danilo A. (2008)Little information is available on nesting of Golden Swallow (Tachycineta euchrysea), a threatened species that occurs only on the island of Hispaniola. We report on six nests discovered and monitored in abandoned bauxite ...