Year-round utilisation of fragmented palm swamp forest by Red-bellied macaws (Ara manilata) and Orange-winged parrots (Amazona amazonica) in the Nariva Swamp (Trinidad)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-5

  Bonadie, Wayne A ^a   Bacon, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Amazona amazonica; Ara manilata; Mauritia setigera; Nariva swamp; Palm swamp forest; Roystonea oleracea; Trinidad; Wetland

Indexed keywords

DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT USE; SWAMP FOREST;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

AMAZONA AMAZONICA; ARA MANILATA; MAURITIA SETIGERA; ROYSTONEA OLERACEA;

EID: 0034046511     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00018-5     Document Type: Article

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