Colony breeding of the pacific parakeet aratinga strenua ridgway 1915 in the volcán masaya national park, nicaragua

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 241-248

  Wermundsen, Terhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aratinga strenua; Census; Nesting; Nicaragua; Pacific parakeet; Roosting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032282627     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.1998.10539367     Document Type: Article

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