Parrot conservation in the Lesser Antilles with some comparison to the Puerto Rican efforts

Biological Conservation

Volumn 77, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 159-167

  Christian, Colmore S ^a   Lacher Jr , Thomas E ^b   Zamore, Michael P ^a   Potts, Thomas D ^b   Burnett, G Wesley ^b  

^a Botanic Gardens   (Dominica)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

captive breeding; environmental education; imperial parrot Amazona imperialis; rednecked parrot A. arausiaca; St Lucia parrot A. versicolor; St Vincent parrot A. guildingii

Indexed keywords

BIRD CONSERVATION; PARROT;

DOMINICA; ST LUCIA;

AMAZONA ARAUSIACA; AMAZONA GUILDINGII; AMAZONA IMPERIALIS; AMAZONA VERSICOLOR; AMAZONA VITTATA; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 0030472657     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(96)00005-5     Document Type: Article

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