Nest site selection and nesting success of the yellow-knobbed Curassow (Crax daubentoni) in a fragmented landscape in the Venezuelan Llanos

Ornitologia Neotropical

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL., 2008, Pages 347-352

  Kvarnbäck, John ^a   Bertsch, Carolina ^a   Barreto, Guillermo R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Cracids; Crax daubentoni; Fragmented landscape; Nest selection; Nesting success; Venezuela; Yellow knobbed Curassow

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349100165     PISSN: 10754377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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