Black-billed Parrot (Amazon agilis) population viability assessment (PVA): A science-based prediction for policy makers

Ornitologia Neotropical

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL., 2008, Pages 135-149

  Koenig, Susan E ^a  

^a Windsor Research Centre   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Amasyna agilis; Bauxite mining; Black billed parrot; Population viability assessment; PVA

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349110367     PISSN: 10754377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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