Survival of captive-reared Hispaniolan Parrots released in Parque Nacional del Este, Dominican Republic

Condor

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 198-207

  Collazo, Jaime A ^a   White Jr , Thomas H ^a,d   Vilella, Francisco J ^b   Guerrero, Simón A ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Parque Zoológico Nacional   (Dominican Republic)

^d US Fish and Wildlife Service   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Amazona ventralis; Dominican Republic; Hispaniolan Parrot; Movement; Release program; Survival; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

AMAZONA VENTRALIS; AVES; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 0038371324     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2003)105[0198:SOCHPR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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