Status of the volcanically threatened Montserrat Oriole Icterus oberi and other forest birds in Montserrat, West Indies

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 351-372

  Arendt, W J ^a   Gibbons, D W ^a   Gray, G ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; PASSERINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

MONTSERRAT;

AVES; ICTERUS OBERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0033382869     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095927090000352X     Document Type: Article

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