Setting priorities for the conservation of Venezuela's threatened birds

ORYX

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 373-382

  Rodríguez, Jon Paul ^a,d   Rojas Suárez, Franklin ^b   Sharpe, Christopher J ^c  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b Ofc 8 A   (Venezuela)

^c Provita   (Venezuela)

^d Provita ^*  (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Birds; Conservation planning; Endangered; Priorities; Priority setting; Threatened species; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDEMISM; EXTINCTION RISK; PRIORITIZATION;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

ABURRIA ABURRI; AMAZONA BARBADENSIS; ARA MILITARIS; AVES; CARDUELIS CUCULLATA; CHAUNA CHAVARIA; HAPALOPSITTACA AMAZONINA; HYLONYMPHA MACROCERCA; LATERALLUS LEVRAUDI; MERGANETTA ARMATA; PAUXI PAUXI; PSITTACIDAE; RALLUS WETMOREI; VULTUR GRYPHUS;

EID: 31144469914     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605304000730     Document Type: Article

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