Estimation of density and population size and recommendations for monitoring trends of Bahama parrots on Great Abaco and Great Inagua

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 823-834

  Rivera Milán, Frank F ^a,f,g,h,i   Collazo, Jaime A ^b,j,k,l,m   Stahala, Caroline ^b   Moore, Wendy J ^b   Davis, Ancilleno ^c   Herring, Garth ^d   Steinkamp, Melanie ^e   Pagliaro, Ron ^c   Thompson, Jennifer L ^b   Bracey, Woody ^c  

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

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Friends of the Environment ^*  (Bahamas)

^d FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f United States Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^g Sacred Heart University   (Puerto Rico)

^h SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^j UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^l UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^m IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Abaco; Amazona leucocephala bahamensis; Bahama parrot; Density; Inagua; Monitoring; Point transect surveys; Population size; Trends

Indexed keywords

BIRD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; TREND ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREAT ABACO; GREAT INAGUA;

AMAZONA LEUCOCEPHALA BAHAMENSIS; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 30344463832     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[823:EODAPS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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