Translocation of Tuamotu kingfishers, Postrelease exploratory behavior, and harvest effects on the donor population

Pacific Science

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 467-480

  Kesler, Dylan C ^a   Cox, Allison S ^a   Albar, Guillaume ^b   Gouni, Anne ^b   Mejeur, James ^c   Plassé, Chelle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Société d'Ornithologie de Polynésie Manu   (France)

^c DISNEY S ANIMAL KINGDOM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; CAPTURE METHOD; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISPERSION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HARVESTING; HOME RANGE; ISLAND; JUVENILE; RADIOTELEMETRY; RANGE EXPANSION; REINTRODUCTION; RESEARCH WORK; TERRITORY; TRANSLOCATION;

NIAU; TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO;

ALCEDINIDAE; AVES; TODIRAMPHUS;

EID: 84866656874     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: 15346188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2984/66.4.5     Document Type: Article

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