Identification of priority habitats for conservation of the Sierra Madre sparrow Xenospiza baileyi in Mexico

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Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-217

  Cabrera García, Leonardo ^a,b   Montes, José Alejandro Velázquez ^c   Weinmann, Martha Elena Escamilla ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^d Comisión Nacional para El Conocimiento Y Uso de la Biodiversidad en México ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Festuca lugens; Grassland birds; Mexico; Milpa Alta; San Juan Tlacotenco; Xenospiza baileyi

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HABITAT SELECTION; PASSERINE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT;

AVES; FESTUCA; MUHLENBERGIA QUADRIDENTATA; STIPA ICHU; XENOSPIZA BAILEYI;

EID: 33749143165     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605306000615     Document Type: Article

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