Helping reintroduced houbara bustards avoid predation: Effective anti-predator training and the predictive value of pre-release behaviour

Animal Conservation

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 155-163

  Van Heezik, Yolanda ^a   Seddon, Philip J ^a   Maloney, Richard F ^b  

^a National Wildlife Research Center   (Saudi Arabia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDOTIS; CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA MACQUEENII; OTIDIDAE;

EID: 0001547558     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.1999.tb00061.x     Document Type: Article

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