Survival of captive-reared Puerto Rican Parrots released in the Caribbean National Forest

Condor

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 424-432

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

^a Puerto Rican Parrot Project   (Puerto Rico)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazona vittata; Captive reared; Mortality; Predation; Puerto Rican Parrot; Reintroduction; Survival

Indexed keywords

AMAZONA VITTATA; AVES; PSITTACIDAE; RAPTORES;

EID: 18844392278     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7672     Document Type: Article

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