Factors influencing nest-site occupancy and low reproductive output in the critically endangered Yellow-crested Cockatoo Cacatua sulphurea on Sumba, Indonesia

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 347-359

  Walker, Jonathan S ^a,b   Cahill, Alexis J ^a   Marsden, Stuart J ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; NEST SITE; NESTING SUCCESS; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SITE SELECTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMBA; SUNDA ISLES;

AVES; CACATUA SULPHUREA; CACATUIDAE; PSITTACIDAE; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 33644801478     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270905000638     Document Type: Article

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