| Abstract: | The rain forest of the Sierra Imataca in eastern Venezuela has been subjected to extensive deforestation for pastures and agricultural settlements. In the last decade the opening of access roads combined with intensified logging and mining activities have fragmented a significant portion of the remaining forest. We noted local distribution and habitat use for 42 species of diurnal raptors observed in affected areas in this region. We observed some raptors considered as forest interior species and other open country species foraging and roosting in man-made openings inside the forest. |
| Genre: | Book chapter |
| ProdID: | 5210805 |
| Citation Author: | Alvarez, E.; Ellis, D.H.; Smith, D.G.; Larue, C.T. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
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| Citation Editor: | Bird, David M.; Varland, Daniel E.; Negro, Juan Jose (editors) |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Raptors in Human Landscapes: Adaptations to Built and Cultivated Environments |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | xx, 396 |
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| Citation Public Comments: | OCLC: 34503492. Based on a symposium, Raptors Adapting to Human-Altered Environments, held on 6 November 1993 in Charlotte, North Carolina. |
| Citation Publisher: | Academic Press |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Diurnal raptors in the fragmented rain forest of the Sierra Imataca, Venezuela; 1996; Book chapter; Raptors in Human Landscapes: Adaptations to Built and Cultivated Environments; Alvarez, E.; Ellis, D.H.; Smith, D.G.; Larue, C.T. |
| Citation Start Page: | 263 |
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| Citation Year: | 1996 |
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| Text: | Diurnal raptors in the fragmented rain forest of the Sierra Imataca, Venezuela; 1996; Book chapter; Raptors in Human Landscapes: Adaptations to Built and Cultivated Environments; Alvarez, E.; Ellis, D.H.; Smith, D.G.; Larue, C.T. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:23 -0500 |
| Publisher: | Academic Press |
