Population monitoring of plain pigeons in Puerto Rico

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-51

  Rivera Milán, Frank F ^a,b   Ruiz, Carlos R ^a   Cruz, José A ^a   Vázquez, Myrna ^a   Martínez, Alexis J ^a  

^a Div of Terrestrial Resources   (Portugal)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVEYING;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA INORNATA;

EID: 1942504774     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/02-068     Document Type: Review

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