Nests and nesting behavior of golden swallow tachycineta euchrysea in abandoned bauxite mines in the Dominican Republic

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 867-871

  Townsend, Jason M ^a   Garrido, Esteban ^b   Mejia, Danilo A ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b GRUPO JARAGUA   (Dominican Republic)

^c Galerías Comerciales Suite 202 ^*  (Dominican Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINE; BAUXITE; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MAMMAL; NEST BOX; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NESTING SUCCESS; PASSERINE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GREATER ANTILLES; HISPANIOLA;

AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; MAMMALIA; TACHYCINETA EUCHRYSEA;

EID: 58549091732     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/08-001.1     Document Type: Article

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