Reproductive biology of the endangered Ouvea Parakeet Eunymphicus cornutus uvaeensis

Ibis

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 660-669

  Robinet, Olivier ^a,c   Salas, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c DNP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROWTH CURVE; MORTALITY; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

NEW CALEDONIA; OUVEA ISLAND;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; ARATINGA; AVES; EUNYMPHICUS CORNUTUS; EUNYMPHICUS UVAEENSIS; GALLUS GALLUS; MIMUSOPS; RAPTORES; SYZYGIUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032832693     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1999.tb07374.x     Document Type: Article

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