Habitat selection by the Monk Parakeet during colonization of a new area in Spain

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-46

  Sol, Daniel ^a   Santos, David M ^a   Feria, Elías ^a   Clavell, Jordi ^a  

^a Museu de Zoologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

habitat selection; invasive species; Monk Parakeet; Myiopsitta monachus; nest site selection

Indexed keywords

ARATINGA; MONACHUS; MYIOPSITTA MONACHUS; PHOENIX; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 0030980199     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370222     Document Type: Article

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