Modelling post-release survival of reintroduced Red-billed Curassows Crax blumenbachii

Ibis

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 562-572

  Bernardo, Christine S S ^a,d   Lloyd, Huw ^b   Bayly, Nicholas ^c   Galetti, Mauro ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c The Wetland Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO SUDOESTE DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic rainforest; Cracids; Mark software; Radiotelemetry; Reintroduction; Survival probability

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; AVIFAUNA; CAPTIVE BREEDING; DATA SET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GAMEBIRD; POPULATION MODELING; RADIOTELEMETRY; RAINFOREST; REINTRODUCTION; SOFTWARE; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CRACIDAE; CRAX; CRAX BLUMENBACHII; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 79958796673     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01142.x     Document Type: Article

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