Reflections on a 1975 expedition to the lost world of the Alaka'i and other notes on the natural history, systematics, and conservation of Kaua'i birds

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-22

  Conant, Sheila ^a   Pratt, H Douglas ^b   Shallenberger, Robert J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c c/o U S Fish and Wildlife Service ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION; NATURAL HISTORY; SYSTEMATICS;

USA, HAWAII, KAUAI, ALAKA'I PLATEAU;

CHASIEMPSIS IBIDIS; CHASIEMPSIS SANDWICHENSIS; CHASIEMPSIS SCLATERI; HEMIGNATHUS; HEMIGNATHUS KAUAIENSIS; MAGUMMA PARVA; MOHO BRACCATUS; MYADESTES MYADESTINUS; MYADESTES PALMERI; OREOMYSTIS BAIRDI; PSITTIROSTRA PSITTACEA;

EID: 0031977065     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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