Response of a Scarlet Macaw Ara macao population to conservation practices in Costa Rica

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-130

  Vaughan, Christopher ^a,b,c   Nemeth, Nicole M ^a,d   Cary, John ^b   Temple, Stanley ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; RECRUITMENT;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARA MACAO; AVES;

EID: 22244467741     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270905000092     Document Type: Article

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