1. No evidence for widespread bird declines in protected South American forests.
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Stouffer, Philip C., Cockle, Kristina L., Aleixo, Alexandre, Areta, Juan I., Barnett, Juan Mazar, Bodrati, Alejandro, Cadena, Carlos Daniel, di Giacomo, Adrián S., Herzog, Sebastian K., Hosner, Peter, Johnson, Erik I., Naka, Luciano N., and Sánchez, César
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BIRD populations , *EFFECT of climate on animal populations , *CLIMATE change , *RESEARCH methodology , *FORESTS & forestry - Abstract
The article offers the authors' insight on the paper "Are bird populations in tropical and subtropical forests of South America affected by climate change?," by M. Nores that was published in a 2009 issue of "Climatic Change." The authors say that the bird data underestimates the current number of birds in South American forests. They add that the methods used are unacceptable in the field of modern ornithology and the paper lacks insight on the possible climate change effects on birds in the forests.
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- 2011
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