Natural history and population status of the yellow-shouldered parrot on La Blanquilla Island, Venezuela

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 602-609

  Rodríguez Ferraro, Adriana ^a,b   Sanz, Virginia ^a,c  

^a Provita   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HISTORY; POACHING; POPULATION SIZE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLANQUILLA ISLAND; CARIBBEAN SEA; NUEVA ESPARTA; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

AMAZONA BARBADENSIS; CASEARIA; CASEARIA TREMULA; FLACOURTIACEAE; GUAJACUM OFFICINALE; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 38349006588     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/06-028.1     Document Type: Article

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