The importance of the Caribbean coastal wetlands of Nicaragua and Honduras to Central American populations of waterbirds and Jabiru Storks (Jabiru mycteria)

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 287-295

  Frederick, Peter C ^a   Sandoval, Jorge Correa ^b   Luthin, Charles ^c,d   Spalding, Marilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^c Project Lighthawk   (United States)

^d Aldo Leopold Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AJAIA AJAJA; ARDEA ALBA; ARDEIDAE; AVES; CASMERODIUS; CICONIIFORMES; EGRETTA; GALLUS GALLUS; JABIRU; JABIRU MYCTERIA; MYCTERIA; MYCTERIA AMERICANA; THRESKIORNITHIDAE;

EID: 0031513431     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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