Limited geographic variation in the vocalizations of the endangered thick-billed parrot: Implications for conservation strategies

Condor

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 639-647

  Guerra, Jaime E ^a   Cruz Nieto, Javier ^b   Ortiz Maciel, Sonia Gariela ^b   Wright, Timothy F ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Contact calls; Parrot; Reintroduction; Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha; Thick billed Parrot; Translocation; Vocal variation

Indexed keywords

PSITTACIDAE; RHYNCHOPSITTA; RHYNCHOPSITTA PACHYRHYNCHA;

EID: 67649967240     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2008.8609     Document Type: Article

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