From the Field: Progress in restoring the aplomado falcon to southern Texas

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 276-285

  Jenny, J Peter ^a,b,c   Heinrich, William ^a,b,d   Montoya, Angel B ^a,b,e,f   Mutch, Brian ^a,b,c   Sandfort, Cal ^a,b,g,h   Hunt, W Grainger ^a,b,i,j  

^a THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

^b The Peregrine Fund   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e World Center for Birds of Prey ^*

^f USFWS Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office   (United States)

^g Boise State University   (United States)

^h BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

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Author keywords

Aplomado falcon; Captive breeding; Endangered species; Falco femoralis; Hacking; Mexico; Reintroduction; Texas

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BUBO; BUBO VIRGINIANUS; CICONIIFORMES; FALCO; FALCO FEMORALIS; FALCO FEMORALIS SEPTENTRIONALIS; FALCO PEREGRINUS; PEREGRINUS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 2142647489     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)32[276:FTFPIR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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